Biden Didn't Get Over 70 of Vote
The Claim
President Joe Biden got more than 70% of the vote.
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Emerging story
A social media post claims that President Biden got more than 70% of the vote. The post was then liked or retweeted more than 5000 times.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar discovered that President Biden received 51.3% of the votes cast in the 2020 presidential election compared to Donald Trump’s 46.8% according to the Council on Foreign Relations. The social media post does mention #Dearborn, most likely referring to Dearborn, Michigan.
On May 18, 2021, President Biden visited Dearborn, Michigan to speak at a Ford vehicle center. The President’s visit followed three days of protest from Palestinian groups. According to ClickonDetroit.com, Dearborn has the nation’s highest density of Arab Americans. When the President landed in Detroit, he was met by Democratic U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell of Dearborn and Rashida Tlaib of Detroit. Tlaib is the only Palestinian-American in the Congress.
In the 2020 election, Joe Biden won with more than 68% of the vote in Wayne County, Michigan, where the city of Dearborn is located. According to Arab American News, 68% of Arab American voters backed President Biden in the November elections.
While President Biden did not receive more than 70% of the national vote, he did receive close to 68% of the votes in the city of Dearborn, Michigan. The claim being shared on social media does not specify Dearborn, and in Dearborn, the President did not receive more than 70% of the vote.
