WASHINGTON – Democrat Joe Biden’s election margin over President Donald Trump widened to more than seven million votes Thursday even as Trump and supporters persisted in claims of fraud.
One month after the November 3 election, new local tallies from New York drove victor Biden’s total to 81,264,673 votes, compared to Trump’s 74,210,838, with a total 158.4 million votes counted so far, according to data compiled by the Cook Political Report.
That gave Biden a solid 4.4 percentage point margin over the Republican president.
Biden has captured 306 electoral votes for his victories in individual states, well past the 270 needed to win the presidenc…
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