Time machine: Looking back at how 2020's vote changed American politics
Almost four years have passed since that game-changing election when **Joe Biden** took over White House. Pre-election actions and statements from his opponent shaped todays political landscape
As we approach late-2024‚ its worth looking back at the game-changing presidential race that happened about four years ago. The match-up between then-president Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden ended with a clear-cut outcome: while the nation-wide numbers showed a big gap the state-by-state count was much closer
The final electoral college count gave Biden the win (something that would shape the next half-decade of US politics). Trump who lost his re-election bid had been busy months before the vote making various claims: he talked about how mail-in ballots werenʼt safe and suggested that counting methods werent reliable
Before election day Trump pushed several ideas that didnt match reality — he spoke non-stop about wide-spread voting problems that experts say dont exist. His pre-election statements focused on two main points:
- Mail-in voting had major security issues
- The whole voting system was full of fraud
The way he handled the pre-election period would end up affecting how many Americans think about voting even today‚ almost 48 months after that historic contest
