| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-election_lawsuits_relat... 62 lawsuits in 9 states, 30 dismissed on merits, several from Trump appointed judges. My recollection is that when the cases went to court, the lawyers backed away from claims of fraud: https://time.com/5914377/donald-trump-no-evidence-fraud/ Trump was consistently losing in all polls in 2020. 538 had Trump’s odds at 10%: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ Betting markets had him at ~35%: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/betting_odds/202... Biden was favored in MI, WI, NV, PA, AZ, FL, NC and GA on Election Day meaning he had many paths to victory. And polls were pretty accurate for Biden: State - Polling Avg. (Result) MI - 51.2% (50.6%) WI - 52.1% (49.5%) NV - 49.7% (50.1%) PA - 50.2% (49.9%) AZ - 48.7% (49.4%) FL - 49.1% (47.9%) NC - 48.9% (48.6%) GA - 48.5% (49.5%) The surprise wasn’t that Trump lost in 2020, is was that based on polling averages that he didn’t lose by more. |
I do know that many of the "merits" you cite were never litigated. Were there any cases where the court granted discovery? So how can anyone guess at what a court would decide about the matter? Many of the news articles I read at the time suggested that the courts were just not interested in opening up cans of worms.