President-elect Trump flipped six competitive states in last week's election. But the benefits he received from voters were not limited to battleground states.
Trump increased his vote share across the country, starting in conservative areas and expanding into heavily Democratic states.
This is a key part of the story of this election, one in which Trump built a broader coalition and led on two of the campaign's defining issues.
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Trump won in battleground states, including traditionally Democratic areas, and beyond.
Trump won all seven battleground states. he scored 1.8 points michigan and pennsylvania1.4 points georgiajust beyond the point north carolinaand below the point wisconsin.
(Trump currently has the most votes in Nevada and Arizona, two of the 10 states with a majority of votes remaining.)
The 2024 presidential election saw major swings in President-elect Trump's favor across the country, including pickups in several key counties. (Fox News)
But President Trump's best performance compared to 2020 was definitely in Democratic states. These states voted Democratic, but the margins were narrower than before.
His greatest progress was new yorkformer and future presidents received 6.4 points.
His wins at the county level were widespread across the state, but specifically included improvements in all five New York City boroughs (again, votes still need to be counted).
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He also recorded a 5-point improvement in adjacent areas. new jerseyenough to reduce his loss difference to just 5.5 points. This is the best performance by a Republican candidate in more than 30 years.
Looking for New Jersey virginia (Trump +2.4 from 2020) This will be the focus of future elections starting with next year's gubernatorial election.
Trump also increased his vote share. illinois (Trump +4.2 since 2020); Another Democratic state with densely populated urban areas.
President-elect Trump significantly improved his 2020 numbers, especially in urban areas and, most surprisingly, in reliably blue states. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
And, as some pre-election polls had predicted, the president-elect took home an additional five points worth of votes. floridajust two cycles ago, Democrats fought hard to win.
Just as it did well in swing states and left-leaning states, it also made big gains in states such as: texas, tennessee, south carolina and idaho. President Trump recorded 3-point improvements in all four of these conservative states, with smaller gains in a dozen more states.
In fact, as of this writing, there is not a single state in the country where President Trump is doing worse than he was four years ago.
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Harris' interests are limited to a few different areas.
So far, Harris has won more votes than President Biden in only one state: Utah This was an increase of 0.6 points from the previous election.
But Trump also did about a point better in Utah than he did in 2020. Third-party candidates have declined the most. (And there are still plenty of ballots left to be counted.)
We would have to look in several counties across the country to find Harris' positive test.
The Atlanta suburbs were one of the few areas in the nation where Vice President Harris improved the Democratic Party's 2020 numbers. (St. Petersburg)
The vice president fared 2 to 9 points better in some counties. georgia metropolitan areas led by Henry, Rockdale, and Douglas;
She also improved in some ways north carolina The counties most affected by Hurricane Helen, particularly Democratic-leaning Buncombe, but also Henderson and Transylvania counties. She recorded a gain of about 4 points each.
Kaufman County, a Dallas suburb, also bucked the national trend. that texas County swung at Harris by about six points.
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Harris posted a small gain in Chaffee County, but coloradoalso known as the “Heart of the Rockies” (which also has some outstanding ballots).
And there are signs that parts of Oregon and Washington may lean more Democratic than they did in 2020 when the count is finished.
These are clear exceptions to the rule. Voters have almost uniformly turned away from Democrats this cycle.
Vice President Harris' candidacy has almost uniformly turned voters away from the Democratic Party this term. (AP/Jacqueline Martin)
Trump assembled a broader coalition and took the lead on the top two issues
A Fox News voter analysis found that Trump's rise was due to multiple groups, with voters supporting him on two crucial issues.
Polling Unit wrote:
Mr. Trump's victory was driven by his strength on the economy and immigration, the top concerns of voters. She was seen as a stronger leader than Harris in a time of turmoil, and voters remembered her presidency more fondly than they thought of the current administration. Mr. Trump boosted his scores among his base while narrowing traditional Democratic advantages among black, Hispanic and young voters.
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