Nov 21, 2024 - Politics & Policy
Charted: Harris' popular vote gap with Biden
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Vice President Harris' 2024 vote total has now surpassed President-elect Trump's total in 2020 for third-highest of all time.
Why it matters: The Trump-Harris popular vote margin is the narrowest since Bush vs. Gore in 2000, despite Trump's decisive electoral college victory.
Reality check: Harris won 7 million fewer voters than President Biden's 81.3 million in 2020, easily the highest total ever.
- Harris won far fewer voters than Biden in New York City, Chicago and L.A., and ran behind Biden in blue areas generally, a New York Times analysis shows.
Between the lines: The high vote totals for Trump, Biden and Harris relative to previous cycles are due in large part to population growth. But both were also unusually high-turnout elections.
- Overall turnout in 2024 as a proportion of eligible voters was 63.7%, per a University of Florida tracker — lower than 2020 (65.8%) but higher than any other election in decades.
Go deeper: America chose Trump with eyes wide open
