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%).

This puts the 2024 election results in perspective, highlighting the narrowness of Trump’s victory and the need for Democrats to address their mistakes and build a multiracial, multiethnic working-class coalition.

The numbers provide Democrats with an argument against despair and surrender, as they can counter Trump’s mandate claims by explaining that the majority of Americans did not vote for him.

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    961·
    2 months ago

    It’s a lack of majority not a lack of plurality. Harris is still trailing Trump by 3m votes or so (and 1.6%), Trump is just not above 50% after further votes have been counted. So this isn’t an electoral college steal

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      348·
      2 months 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.

        • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          They were told they abandoned workers, and somehow heard “What if we betray Transpeople?”

            • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              2 months 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
                1·
                2 months 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…

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        33·
        2 months 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
          61·
          2 months 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.