2016 Trump - 62,984,828
Clinton - 65,853,514
Whackos - 5,946,559
2020 Trump - 74,222,484
Biden - 81,282,896
So, a bit more than 7,000,000 in favor of Sleepy Joe. One number not often mentioned: a bit more than 5,000,000 of that margin is just California.
The major takeaway from these numbers is simple: Trump in 2020 did a smidgeon better than Trump + Whackos in 2016. In round numbers:
2016 - 69,000,000
2020 - 74,000,000
The Democrats, on the other hand, blew the top off with 16,000,000 more votes.
The Biden margin is 7,060,412. Not a can of creamed corn, that. And it did reach 7 million without a whole lot of effort.
Of course, the question is, is it reasonable to infer that 2016 Whackos have gone all in on Trump this year? Certainly the Johnson folks would. The Stein, possibly a tad less, but more likely than for Biden. More than a 7 million margin's a landslide anyway you dice it.

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