The 2024 presidential election saw sky-high turnout, nearing historic levels of the 2020 contest, with over 153 million ballots cast for Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, contradicting the belief that high turnout benefits Democrats. Trump’s victory in both the Electoral College and popular vote by nearly 2.5 million votes challenges the notion that Republicans struggle in high-turnout elections, leading to a shift in political strategies and a focus on swing states where turnout was even higher than in the rest of the country, ultimately resulting in Trump’s success in key battleground states.
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