With an outcome like this, Trump won't be the typical unpopular loser in a presidential contest - he'll have a convincing (to his base, at the very least) argument that he actually won and could quite possibly remain the head of the party as a sort of 'government in exile'.
(And that's setting aside the potential conflict scenarios.)
Might wind up causing the Republicans to remain kinda held fully together as a result, while Democrats will be having a lot more trouble as the unifying thread of going against Trump will cause some fracturing between old guard Corporate Dems and newly minted Progressive Dems, exacerbated by Bernie being effectively cheated out of nomination twice now.
It's the mail-in ballots, same as why Pennsylvania and Georgia are still considered to be contested.
That is true. But optically, looks kinda sus to see it to that sheer degree and as a result flipping the state guarantees that there will be challenges.
Just goes to show how deep voter suppression ran. This election's popular vote is already up more than 10 million from 2016 and it's not even over.
I'm hesitant to call it voter suppression when voter apathy can explain it. Sheer level of anti-Trump got some energy back, but prior ruling party energy drain is a real thing. H.W. was the last two presidents from same party in a row for decades, after all, and that was kinda Reagan coattails. You have to go all the way back to Roosevelt and Truman for one party having the presidency for more than 2 elections besides that.