If Biden had gotten just one more vote more than Trump, the scenario would have been very different, the responses would have been different and we have no idea how it would actually have played out.
That said, our system isn't straight up mathematical equation in which "2 is more than. 1 and therefore 2 must always prevail." (It isn't even actually a democracy ...) We have all sorts of mechanisms in place to leverage, adjust, and make up for deficits, problems, disrupters, etc. in order to try the achieve outcomes that fairly reflect the public will. In this instance, the people realized, in order to do that, we had to vote in overwhelming numbers. And that's what we did. The fact that it took an overwhelming vote to get to our goal isn't in my view, a sign that our system doesn't work. It is proof that our system DOES work.
And while some did everything they could to thwart that, most of them used legal means to do it - the courts - and those courts stopped them. And it appears that, for all of their bitching, moaning, and threats, they are actually following the court's edicts and aren't going to resort to extra-judicial, illegal measures to overturn the election.
I say all this with the understanding that we're not actually a democracy but often refer to ourselves as such. When I say "democracy," I'm really referring to it in a very broad sense, not the specific definition.
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