 Add to that tally large numbers of active duty military in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. Exit polls show that Trump won 61% of the veteran vote in 2016 and only 54% in 2020. That seven point drop mattered in states where he lost by the narrowest of margins. 81,000 votes in the Keystone State, that's Pennsylvania. 34,000 votes in the Silver State, that's Nevada.