I think it was as close as it was because of the get out the vote effort by the demokkkrats. They got out all the dead demos, all the non existant AND the demos who are not even human, dogs and cats and such.
Didn't hear about Democrats' Knock and Drag much this year but I have no doubt that they implemented it again as they have for the past decade.
Ohio and Pennsylvania Republicans both had added help (not monitored in phone polls) from Amish voters.