Summary
Donald Trump’s 2024 victory was fueled by nationwide rightward shifts, with 85.2% of counties voting for him and the median vote margin moving 3.2 points right compared to 2020.
Kamala Harris underperformed Joe Biden across key demographics, including Black and Asian American communities, while Trump made notable gains among Latino voters, especially Hispanic men.
Shifts were also evident in counties with high school graduates, advanced-degree holders, and high costs of living.
Experts attribute these changes to lower Democratic turnout and voter dissatisfaction with the economy.
The two trends that really bite are the searches on election day for “Did Biden drop out?” and “How do I change my mail in vote?” A significant number of people were either so uninformed that they had not noticed the biggest story of the election or were so confident in the polls that they only realized the consequences of a protest vote when it was far to late to change. I’m not saying these are the only reasons for how things shook out but they are, for me, the most infuriating.
Definitely a very clear echo of the whole Brexit protest vote regret vibe.
Except this is like having Brexit, undoing it, and then doing it all the fuck over again after seeing how fucking dumb it was.