[Winstonm]

barmar, on 2024-November-08, 15:04, said:

The pandemic may have had another effect. We were in the thick of it at the time, and Trump was clearly not managing it well -- this was when he was downplaying its severity while many people saw relatives getting really sick and dying, and he was advocating things like injecting bleach.

So many people may have voted against Trump because of his mishandling of the pandemic. But now they're concerned about other things.

Trump's vote count was virtually unchanged from 2020; what changed was the 11 million people who voted for Biden but either didn't, wouldn't or couldn't vote this time.

[hrothgar]

Winstonm, on 2024-November-08, 15:23, said:

Trump's vote count was virtually unchanged from 2020; what changed was the 11 million people who voted for Biden but either didn't, wouldn't or couldn't vote this time.

that varies dramatically by state

In most of the Battleground states, Harris improved on Biden's numbers
Trump did even better

[hrothgar]

Winstonm, on 2024-November-08, 15:23, said:

Trump's vote count was virtually unchanged from 2020; what changed was the 11 million people who voted for Biden but either didn't, wouldn't or couldn't vote this time.

that varies dramatically by state

In most of the Battleground states, Harris improved on Biden's numbers
Trump did even better