October 6, 2024
By Americans for Limited Government
Against all odds, former President Donald Trump was reelected on Nov. 5, ousting Vice President Kamala Harris, winning the popular vote for the GOP for the first time since 2004, decisively winning the Electoral College and reclaiming the U.S. Senate, all as only the second former president to win reelection after Grover Cleveland did it in 1892 with non-consecutive terms in what can only be described as the greatest political comeback in American history.
Trump dodged bullets, prosecutions, convictions, censorship and overcame the historic incumbency advantage — first term incumbent parties usually win about two-thirds of the time, but not this time — able to capitalize on inflation outpacing incomes, wages and earnings for too long during the Biden-Harris administration as Americans paid the price at the grocery store and gas pump, more than 8 million illegal border crossings by illegal aliens who Trump promised to deport and endless foreign wars that threaten to spark a wider conflict or even nuclear war.
The Biden-Harris administration was unpopular, and Democrats lost major ground in very blue states that would normally constitute their majority in the national popular vote. In 2020, President Joe Biden won New York by 23.5 points, but on Nov. 5, Harris only won it by 10 points. In New Jersey, Biden won it by 16 points, but Harris only won it by 6 points. In Illinois, Biden won by 17 points, but Harris only won it by 4 points. In California, Biden won it by 29 points, but Harris is only leading it by 21 points.
And in red states, Trump built on his working and middle class coalition with his twin messages on trade and immigration. In 2020, Trump won Florida by 3.5 points, but in 2024, he won it by 13 points. In Texas, in 2020, Trump won it by 5.5 points, but in 2024, he won it by 14.6 points. In Ohio, Trump won it by 8 points, but in 2024, Trump won it by 11.5 points.
It’s like that everywhere, where Trump overperformed dramatically in blue areas and red areas, it didn’t matter, securing the first Republican win of the national popular vote, again, since 2004, currently leading decisively 51 percent to 47.5 percent.
This is a crushing defeat for Democrats by modern standards.
