US Politics: election results

In case you hadn't heard since Election Day, the popular vote was not quite the slam dunk for Trump as it appeared on the day.

In fact, Trump did not win a majority of the votes cast. He won 49% of the votes. Harris won 48% of the votes.

If we didn't have the Electoral College, and implemented ranked voting, there's a decent chance Harris would have won, if the other 3% choose her as their second choice.

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The 2024 Election by the Numbers Council on Foreign Relations