His opponent that year, Hillary Clinton, won over 2.8 million more votes than Trump nationwide, but she lost enough key states to be defeated in the Electoral College, 306 to 232. In 2020, Trump lost both the popular vote and the Electoral College to Joe Biden. The electoral vote was ...
Biden says he’s leaving Trump with a ‘strong hand to play’ in world conflicts West Virginia’s conservative shift could sharpen under its new governor How many electoral votes does each state have? Electors are allocated based on how many representatives a state has in the Ho...
Trump received slightly more than 77.3 million popular votes — just 1.5 percentage points more than Harris. It is one of the more anemic victories in a half-century and weak even in these hyper-partisan times, when close races are common. He collected 312 electoral votes, putting him in th...
tipping him over the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the presidency. Shortly afterwards, Nevada awarded its 6 votes to Biden as well, bringing his total to 290. Many states saw a nail-bitingly close race, with major news networks unable to call them in favor of either candidat...
Like we've donemany timesbefore, 538 decided to aggregate these positions to see how often each member of Congress voted with or against Biden on these key votes. On the whole, the data painted a picture of deep partisan divides in Congress, with the outcomes of most votes hewing close...
Under this hypothetical, Biden flips Florida (hasthe second-largest shareof residents age 65 or older) and North Carolina while holding onto everything else he won in 2020, which would give him 349 electoral votes to Trump's 189. Biden would also expand his popular vote share to 53 pe...
The bill passed the Senate on an 84-16 vote, with all the nay votes from Democrats. It had significant Democratic support in the House, where many in the party are eager to clamp down on fentanyl distribution following an election in which Trump harped on the problem. When House Republican...
Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties in California, which encompass the area described as the “Valley,” Kamala Harris captured at least 68% of the votes in each county—even though Donald Trump won an additional approximately 3% of the vote in each County compared to...
Former President Joe Biden also removed many Trump appointees in his first days in office, including former press secretary Sean Spicer from the board overseeing the U.S. Naval Academy. Stefanik will face questions about wars and nukes at her confirmation hearing to be UN ambassador — 8:39 ...
Joe Biden “You’re not running against Joe Biden. You’re running against me,” Harris told Trump. Eli Stokols09/10/2024, 10:44pm ETBefore the debate, many asked how Kamala Harris would distance herself from Joe Biden. Donald Trump made a few derisive references ...