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Early Results Show a Red Shift Across the U.S. New York Times Of the counties with nearly complete results, more than 90 percent shifted in favor of former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential election, according to a Times analysis of election results reported as of early Wednesday.
AP VoteCast: Harris voters motivated by democracy, Trump supporters by inflation and immigration Josh Boak & Linley Sanders, Associated Press AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of more than 115,000 voters nationwide, found that the fate of democracy appeared to be a primary driver for Harris’ supporters. It was a sign that the Democratic nominee’s messaging in her campaign’s closing days accusing Trump of being a fascist may have broken through. By contrast, Trump’s supporters were largely focused on immigration and inflation — two issues that the former Republican president has been hammering since the start of his campaign.
NBC News Exit Poll: Voters express deep concern about America's democracy and economy Stephanie Perry and Patrick J. Egan, NBC News Women are twice as likely as men to rank abortion as their top issue, according to preliminary results from the national survey.
How Different Groups Voted in the 2024 Election Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Younger voters made up a larger share of the electorate and non-white voters shifted slightly toward Trump, according to the AP
Trump leverages economic discontent, extends his appeal -- and breaks the mold Gary Langer, ABC News Former President Donald Trump leveraged economic discontent, extended his appeal beyond his core support groups and overturned long-term political trends in the 2024 presidential election, driving his unique political style to a remarkable comeback. Democracy, economy top issues Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Eran Ben-Porath, CBS News CBS News national exit polls tell us who voted, what issues were on their minds, whether they voted for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election — and why. Exit polls from the 2024 presidential election Emily Guskin, Chris Alcantara and Janice Kai Chen, Washington Post These findings are from interviews of randomly selected voters as they exited voting places across the country on Nov. 5; as well as from early in-person voting locations and through live telephone, text-to-web or by email. The poll was conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Pool consortium of ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News.
Trump bet the race on running up the score with men Isaac Arnsdorf and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post As votes were counted Tuesday night, early exit polls showed Harris’s margin with women was not better than Biden’s in 2020. Why Exit Polls Are Misleading Kaleigh Rogers, New York Times Exit polls don’t have a very good track record, and they can contribute to misleading narratives on election night. 5 key takeaways from election night 2024 Sahil Kapur, NBC News A swing in Latino support helps fuel Trump's victory, while political gravity caught up to Senate Democrats and abortion rights didn't turn out to be a panacea. Five Surprising Things We Learned From the 2024 Results Dante Chinni, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Voters broke toward Republicans and away from Democrats all over the map 10 Takeaways From the Night Trump Marched Back to the White House Reid J. Epstein, New York Times America’s democracy will again be put the test, and its government will veer sharply to the right. Kamala Harris and Democrats were dealt stunning defeats across the country. Donald Trump Returns to Power, Ushering in New Era of Uncertainty Shane Goldmacher and Lisa Lerer, New York Times He played on fears of immigrants and economic worries to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris. His victory signaled the advent of isolationism, sweeping tariffs and score settling. Donald Trump’s Revenge Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker The former President will return to the White House older, less inhibited, and far more dangerous than ever before. How Donald Trump Won—By Being Donald Trump Alex Leary and Tarini Parti, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] He promised to fix the economy and the border, but credit for Trump’s victory also goes to an unbroken habit of speaking whatever is on his mind Harris’s Loss Triggers Soul-Searching, Recriminations Within Democratic Party Ken Thomas and Annie Linskey, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Failure to defeat Trump for second time in three elections will prompt calls for party to shift directions The 2024 election buried Barack Obama’s coalition David Weigel, Semafor Republicans ended election night confident that they would win the presidency, flip the Senate, and perhaps narrowly hold the House of Representatives. The apparent result means the defeat of a strategy that nearly all Democrats embraced after the 2016 election: Delivering populist labor, tax, and healthcare policies that they thought could win back Obama-Trump voters and stop any more losses with non-white voters. That was not enough for swing voters, who never stopped crediting Trump with pre-COVID economic growth while absolving him for his handling of the pandemic. Trump Offered Men Something That Democrats Never Could Elizabeth Spiers, New York Times A set of easy answers that’s a formula for more alienation and anger Yes, America can fail Eduardo Porter, Washington Post A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains how it can happen here. Georgia Republicans Celebrate Their State Going Red Again Ben T.N. Mause, NOTUS Trump’s flip of the longtime GOP stronghold was hardly surprising to the die-hards at the Republican watch party. For weeks, if not months, Republicans in Georgia seemed at ease with the state’s fate — and Tuesday night showed why. Biden’s win in 2020 was more aberration than transformation, they said. The Democratic Celebration in Pennsylvania Turns Into Devastation Katherine Swartz, NOTUS In Bucks County, Democrats expected to do better than Joe Biden’s margin in 2020. Instead, they’re on track to lose the county for the first time since 1988. How the push to limit election misinformation turned upside down Philip Bump, Washington Post One lesson from 2016 was that allowing foreign actors to influence the U.S. election was risky. By 2024, many, Elon Musk foremost among them, had chosen to unlearn it.
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David French: It’s Time to Admit America Has Changed The Opinions Donald Trump’s enduring hold over the Republican Party may send him back to the White House. On this episode of The Opinions, the columnist David French joins deputy Opinion Editor Patrick Healy to discuss the future of the G.O.P. and what a second Trump term might mean for America.
Breaking down key demographic groups in 2024 presidential election CBS News CBS News' John Dickerson and Ed O'Keefe discuss some of the voter groups that played a crucial role in the 2024 presidential election.
Trump overperforms in rural areas as Harris underperforms in urban areas NBC News NBC News' Tom Llamas breaks down the latest numbers in the race to the White House and found that former President Trump overperformed in rural areas while Vice President Harris underperformed in urban areas and counties.