Summary

Trump’s popular vote share has fallen below 50% to 49.94%, with Kamala Harris at 48.26%, narrowing his margin of victory.

Trump’s share of the popular vote is lower than Biden’s in 2020 (51.3%), Obama’s in 2012 (51.1%) and 2008 (52.9%), George W. Bush’s in 2004 (50.7%), George H.W. Bush’s in 1988 (53.2%), Reagan’s in 1984 (58.8%) and 1980 (50.7%), and Carter’s in 1976 (50.1%).

The 2024 election results highlight Trump’s narrow victory and the need for Democrats to address their mistakes and build a diverse working-class coalition.

The numbers also give Democrats a reason to push back on Trump’s mandate claims, noting most Americans did not vote for him.

  • @NotBillMurray
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    112 months ago

    Yup, just 71 million or so goddam people voted for a narcissistic grifter felony with daddy issues. Fuck.

    • @lemmingthelemmers
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      -32 months ago

      Or 71 million people voted against democrat corruption and the fact that they do not represent the working class.

      • @[email protected]
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        92 months ago

        By voting for blatant corruption instead? And tax cuts for the rich is not a policy representing the working class.

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          They didn’t say that they were making a good decision voting against Dems, just that it was a decision.

          Yes, a bad decision, but that shouldn’t need to be said to anyone with regularly firing neurons.

      • @[email protected]
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        2 months ago

        Maybe a percentage of those votes were because of this, but you can’t actually believe that 71 million people voted for him because he somehow represents the working class better than the dems would. The vast majority people who were protesting the dems not representing the working class, did so by not voting or voting 3rd party, not by voting for Trump.

        99 percent of those people voted for Trump because of 3 reasons: Racism, Misogyny, or ignorance. There is a fourth group of rich voters who voted for him to line their pockets, but they are a miniscule portion of his votes. This fourth group mostly just invests money to encourage the racist, misogynistic, and ignorant ones to go vote.

        • @lemmingthelemmers
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          12 months ago

          You should look into the Trump/AOC voters and their reasons why.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            I have read about them, but the crossover between people who voted for Trump and AOC is so small, though. Its nowhere close to the total 71 million who voted for Trump.

            • @lemmingthelemmers
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              12 months ago

              Look at their reasons. There is major crossover on reasons why people voted for Trump.

      • @NotBillMurray
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        -32 months ago

        Ah yes, that’s why they did it. I’m sure that’s exactly why they voted for the, as stated previously, narcissistic etcetera etcetera. Get the fuck out of here.