72 million people voted for Trump. American still hasn't learned it lesson.
Republicans always have a chance of winning because unlike Democrat supporters or Democrat leaning folks. The right is always on the march and all it takes is just a small slip up and lower than expected turnout and they're right back in. It took a combination of things (covid, early voting, mail in voting) including Trump’s cognitive disorder/maglimania (which appealed to 72 million people) for him to lose. Trump would be heading into a second term if not for all of those things.
the alluring power of unspoken desire to maintain WSat the same time.