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.

      • lemmingthelemmers@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Yeah like those people who voted for the people actively funding a genocide that somehow believe the vote they were casting was for less genocide.

        That is an amazing brain trick.

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          3 days ago

          this is my favorite israel palestine talking point, instead of actually doing something about the issue, or like, discussing actual things actually happening, people just bitch and moan about semantics instead.

          Who gives a fuck whether or not voting for kamala was a vote for genocide, or whether or not abstaining, and therefore helping trump get elected was also a vote for genocide, go do literally fucking anything for the cause.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Only 33% of eligible voters actually voted against Trump. 66% either agree with him or don’t care.

        • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 days 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.

        • NotBillMurray@lemmy.world
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          3 days 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.

        • soupuos@sopuli.xyz
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          3 days ago

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

          • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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            3 days ago

            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.