NBC election analyst Steve Kornacki provided a thorough breakdown of President-elect Trump’s massive electoral gains among key demographics and deep blue strongholds, both of which were key to the first popular vote victory for a Republican presidential candidate since 2004.
Kornacki began by going over the few data points that benefited Democrats in 2024, of which there were few. Since Trump cam onto the scene, the party has managed to secure a four-point shift among white voters, an 11-point shift among those with a college degree, and a massive 15-point swing among Americans who make more than $100,000 per year. Republicans carried the wealthy demographic by 10 percentage points prior to 2016, though they now back Democrats by five, representing the Trump GOP’s shift to a multi-ethnic, working class coalition.
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In what was perhaps the most shocking result of the 2024 campaign cycle, President-elect Trump secured historic gains in several blue states. In New Jersey, the Democrat margin of victory went from 16 percentage points in 2020 to just about five in 2024, leading some political analysts to label the Garden State as a potential battleground going forward.
The trend held across