United States 2020 Presidential Election
November 3, 2020
Federal security officials, courts, the Justice Department and full hand recounts found no evidence that fraud or machine manipulation altered the outcome. Claims of a “stolen” election are recorded here as debunked.
Official results
- Joseph R. Biden (D)51.3%81,283,501
306 electoral votes
- Donald Trump (R)46.9%74,223,975
232 electoral votes
The Integrity Ledger
What the evidence establishes, and what it does not — side by side, each finding sourced and tiered.
What is established
- Result falsificationConfirmed
The federal election-security community stated there was no evidence that any voting system deleted, lost or changed votes, and called the election the most secure in American history.
Sources:1 - Result falsificationConfirmed
Full manual hand recounts in Georgia (statewide) and Antrim County, Michigan reaffirmed the machine tallies to within normal hand-count error.
- Result falsificationConfirmed
Roughly 60 post-election lawsuits alleging a falsified result failed; the Supreme Court denied Texas’s bid to challenge four other states’ results for lack of standing.
- Foreign interferenceConfirmed
The declassified intelligence assessment found no indications that any foreign actor altered any technical aspect of the voting process, while Russia and Iran ran influence (messaging) operations.
Sources:1 - Information operationsConfirmed
The false narrative that Dominion machines switched votes was amplified on cable news and produced the largest known U.S. defamation settlement ($787.5m from Fox) and court findings of falsity.
What is not established
- Result falsificationDebunked
That the outcome was “stolen” — refuted by dozens of courts, the Justice Department, and recounts and audits.
- Result falsificationDebunked
That Dominion or Smartmatic machines flipped or deleted votes — ruled false in court and refuted by hand recounts of paper ballots.
- Statistical anomaliesDebunked
Alleged statistically impossible vote spikes did not survive audit; hand counts matched or slightly widened the certified margin.