Democrats & Legacy Media failures

More than 140 million Americans cast their ballots in the 2024 election, with many states breaking previous early voting turnout records on the heels of a historic and highly contentious campaign season.

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President-elect Donald Trump won a decisive victory in Tuesday’s election with support from some demographic groups who have favored him in the past, as well as wider margins from others that have been traditional Democratic strongholds.

According to AP VoteCast, 16 percent of Black voters supported Trump in 2024, up from 8 percent in 2020. In comparison, 83 percent of Black voters supported Kamala Harris, down from the 91 percent who supported Joe Biden in 2020.

Democrats also lost ground among Latino voters, with 56 percent voting for Harris in 2024 compared to 63 percent for Biden in 2020. Trump’s support grewfrom 35 percent in 2020 to 42 percent in 2024.

There was a gender gap in 2024’s voting preferences: Trump won support from 24 percent of Black men versus 9 percent of Black women, 47 percent of Latino men versus 38 percent of Latino women, and 59 percent of white men versus 53 percent of white women.

Explore how key groups of Americans voted in the 2024 election and the issues that mattered most to them in the interactive below.


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/interactive-how-key-groups-of-americans-voted-in-2024-according-to-ap-votecast