Joe Biden won Pennsylvania in the 2020 election by more than 80,000 votes.
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Letters from an AmericanAug 2, 2026
The sources consistently show Biden won Pennsylvania's 2020 presidential vote by about 80,555 votes, which is more than 80,000. The Pennsylvania certification (AP, with the Department of State cited by Spotlight PA) and the final count reported by the Inquirer and Daily Pennsylvanian support the claim, and the claim matches the passage's wording without adding anything.
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… His Lawyers Don't." The one case Trump's lawyers won found that the Pennsylvania Secretary of State overstepped by allowing voters extra time to provide missing identification for mail-in ballots. Even with that ruling, Daniel Barnes of NBC News reported, Biden still won the state by more than 80,000 votes. Even as reality makes it clear that his claims are a fantasy, Trump continues to spin his yarns, seeming to have little else to convince voters to support him. …
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Supports. AP reports that Biden was certified as the winner of Pennsylvania's 2020 presidential vote on November 24, 2020, with the state's totals showing Biden and Harris at 3.46 million votes and Trump and Pence at 3.38 million.[1]
Supports. Spotlight PA reports that the Department of State said Biden won Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes, and WOSU repeats the more-than-80,000 figure after certification.[3][4]
Supports. The Inquirer and the Daily Pennsylvanian report the final certified margin as 80,555 votes, which is consistent with the certified totals in the AP and NBC vote tallies.[2][5][6]
Context. Early reporting showed a margin of about 34,000 to 45,000 votes while ballots were still being counted, so the 80,000+ figure applies to the final certified count rather than the election-night tally.[6][7]
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7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Biden certified as winner of Pennsylvania presidential voteapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Pennsylvania presidential...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Pa. declares Biden as winner of state's 2020 presidential ...spotlightpa.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Pennsylvania And Nevada Make It Official: Biden Wonwosu.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5With the vote count now over, here's how Pennsylvania ...inquirer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Biden won Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes, according to final countthedp.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7This map shows how Biden won back Pennsylvania in the ...cnbc.com · not rated · cited for: context
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