# Trump still claims he won in 2020 - wouldn't that invalidate his election in 2024?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
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**Created:** [August 1, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-still-claims-he-won-in-2020-wouldnt-that-invalidate-his-election-in-2024/1032086 "2026-08-01T19:58:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-still-claims-he-won-in-2020-wouldnt-that-invalidate-his-election-in-2024/1032086/21 "2026-08-04T22:33:41Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> I came back to this thread to say what @Kent_Clark said–that the actual election is when the electoral college votes so Trump wasn’t elected in 2020 regardless what Trump “thinks”.

Except, according to Trump, he won the electoral college. In all the stolen states, the real electors met and cast their real votes for Trump. They then sent their real votes to be counted by Mike Pence. He claims he has \>270 real votes on his side, and therefore won the Electoral College.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-still-claims-he-won-in-2020-wouldnt-that-invalidate-his-election-in-2024/1032086/22 "2026-08-04T22:36:42Z")

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> [@bashere](#):
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> And you, of course, have proof of that?

Was that remark addressed to **BigT**?

You may have misunderstood. BigT, I believe, was just quoting Trump’s claim, but clearly does not believe it to be true.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-still-claims-he-won-in-2020-wouldnt-that-invalidate-his-election-in-2024/1032086/23 "2026-08-05T00:14:51Z")

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It doesn’t matter what Trump thinks. The actual electoral college chose Biden and that’s that.

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