When 2024 presidential election One of the closest ones in recent memory was – with newly elected president donald trump ahead by about 3 percentage points over Vice President Kamala Harris -Trump's vote share increased in different regions across the country and in different demographic groups.
This is the first time in Trump's three campaigns for the White House that he has overtaken his opponent. in popular voteAnd only the second time since 1988 that a Republican has done so. In 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won about 66 million votes (48%) compared to Trump's about 63 million (46%), but Trump won the Electoral College. In 2020, he lost both the Electoral College and the popular vote to President Biden, who received nearly 81 million votes nationwide (51%) compared to Trump's 74 million (47%).
Trump's victory in 2024 was driven by an improvement in support in the vast majority of counties nationwide — more than 9 in 10 — according to data from counties where at least 95% of votes had been counted as of Friday. Trump's reforms crossed sectors and included urban, suburban and rural benefits.
Trump also performed better in places where most voters preferred Harris, such as New Jersey, or across the Hudson River, in her hometown of New York City.
The Garden State, a longtime Democratic stronghold, clearly swung in Trump's favor. For example, the latest data shows Trump with a slight lead of 3% in suburban Passaic County, where he received only 41% of the vote in 2020.
In New York City, where Trump grew up and lived most of his life before entering politics, he not only outperformed his previous two results; His nearly 30% vote share was above every Republican candidate since Ronald Reagan 40 years earlier.
Nearly 2,000 miles away, Maverick County, Texas, a majority Latino border county that Biden easily carried in 2020, was up even more, by about 28 points. Trump performed better than Biden in 2020 in 2024 and Harris performed worse than Trump in 2020.
CBS News' exit polls of the last two elections show Trump getting an edge among both men and women this year. In 2020, Trump won men by a margin of 49% to 48%, but in 2024, his campaign's efforts to woo men paid off: His support from men increased to 55%.
In 2020, Trump managed to win 43% of women voters. In 2024, despite Democrats' focus on women voters abortion accesswho promoted them midterm election raceTrump nevertheless increased his numbers with women, increasing the figure by two ticks to 45%.
Trump made gains among core groups within the traditional Republican coalition, such as evangelical voters. But he also increased his support among groups that Democrats have relied on, including young voters and Latino voters, such as in Maverick County and another former Democratic stronghold, Miami-Dade, Florida, which Mr. Biden won in 2020. Won with 53%. This year, Trump carried the county with nearly 55% of the vote, becoming the first Republican to win there since 1988.
The chart below shows changes in support for Trump across demographic groups between 2020 and 2024.
