With what President Trump endured over the course of his term in office, it’s astounding that he could even get 10% of the nationwide vote, let alone (so far) nearly half of it.

As of Thursday morning, the Associated Press said Trump had 48% of the popular vote to Joe Biden’s 50%. It’s a shockingly close race, given that the media told us it was likely to be a blowout. Even the New York Times was admitting that Trump had done something impressive.