Election Statistics

Question 1

What was the Turnout for the Election?

Answer 1

-64%
-lower than in 2020
-still one of the highest since 1990

Question 2

What was Trump’s Result?

Answer 2

-49.8% of the popular vote
-electoral college: 312/538
-total vote of 77 million (second highest in history after Biden)
-3 million more votes than he won in 2020

-won less electoral college votes than Obama, Roosevelt, Johnson, Nixon or Reagan

Question 3

What was Harris’ vote?

Answer 3

-48.3% of the popular vote
-electoral college votes: 226/538
-got 6 million fewer votes than Biden did in 2020

-lost the critical states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan
-worst electoral college performance for a Democrat candidate since 1998

Question 4

How many votes were won by the major 3rd parties in the election?

Answer 4

Jill Stein:
-won 0.6% of the popular

RFK:
-won 0.5% of the popular vote

-no 3rd party won any Electoral College votes

Question 5

How was the vote share split in the House between the parties?

Answer 5

Republican: 220 seats

Democrats: 215 seats

Question 6

How was the vote share split in the Senate?

Answer 6

Republican: 53 seats

Democrats: 45 seats

Question 7

How did the swing states fall in the election?

Answer 7

every swing state swing in favour of the Republican’s (Trump)

Question 8

How many women were elected into congress?

Answer 8

-150 women were elected (2 less than 118th congress)
-28% of congress were women

Question 9

What was the ethnic representation in congress?

Answer 9

POC:
-27% of the 119th Congress

African Americans:
-65 members on Congress

Hispanic:
-52 members of congress

Question 10

How was the Latino vote split in the election?

Answer 10

Trump:
-46% (record high for a Republican candidates)

Harris
-51%

Question 11

How was the African American vote split in the election?

Answer 11

Trump:
-13%

Harris:
-85%

Question 12

How did gender affect the vote in the election?

Answer 12

Trump:
-55% men
-45% women

Harris:
-53% women
-43% men

Question 13

How did wealth affect voting in the election?

Answer 13

Trump:
-51% of voters earn under $100,000

Harris:
-47% of voters earn under $100,000 (17 point shift from 2020)

Question 14

How did education affect voting?

Answer 14

Trump:
-did best with voters with some college education or less

Harris:
-did best with voters with a bachelors degree or higher

Question 15

How did age affect voting?

Answer 15

Trump:
-50% of over 65s

Harris
-49% of over 65s
-54% of 18-25s