Donald Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed considerably as all the votes are counted.

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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6010·
    2 days ago

    Yeah, but even if Kamala wins the popular vote, this is going to be the closest a republican has gotten in…

    Decades?

    Maybe longer?

    But the DNC is going to latch onto this and try to claim if they had moved just a little more right they’d have won.

    Regardless of what happens, the DNC will always say the answer is moving to the right.

        • Vespair@lemm.ee
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Corporations fund the big name democrats and their campaigns. These same corporations benefit greatly from Republican wins. They are buying intentionally ineffective democrats who are unincentivized to either win races or appeal to worker interests as they are typically directly at odds with these big bankrolling corporations.

          I am not saying every democrat is paid for or every democrat is ineffective or democrats as a whole are an entirely bought and paid for organization, but what I am saying is that enough of the prominent enough democrats legitimately are financially disincentivized from helping the people they’re supposed to represent so as to effectively gum up the works of the whole machine.

          • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            1 day ago

            Well at least they’re getting roasted for it, I mean in this link the aide who said that was fucking fired over it. Yeah it said he resigned, but when you get up enough you aren’t “fired” you’re “asked to resign”

            • Maggoty@lemmy.world
              3·
              1 day ago

              Oh no, you’re reading that wrong. The aide resigned in protest to Rep. Moulton’s comments. The article also quotes Rep. Tom Suozzi. Moulton is also in the House Equality Caucus, which is supposed to be protecting LGBTQ rights. I’m not sure how they square that with his comments that fundamentally misunderstand the process for transgender kids though. His comments show a fundamental misunderstanding of scholastic sports, human physiology, and hormone blockers. Which you think 2 of the 3 would be required reading for that caucus…

      • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 day ago

        “Poor me, my constitutes don’t like that I am not representing them in government. Corporate lobbiest, you’ve done nothing but shower me in money, won’t you tell me what Americans really want?”

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      59·
      2 days ago

      Regardless of what happens, the DNC will always say the answer is moving to the right.

      This isn’t borne out by trending or statements. What kind of crystal ball are you smoking?

      • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
        111·
        2 days ago

        Two examples: ran on being humane to migrants and continued title 42 three years into the Biden term and proposed a draconian new immigration law.

        Ran on reforming the police, flooded them with money.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
        21·
        2 days ago

        The kind that’s had me watching politics since Clinton… Have you been under a rock?