2016, 2020, 2024 Presidential Vote Totals

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3. The reports of the "largest turnout ever" were false.

There was record *early* voting in some states. Not everywhere and not total turnout. The GOP pushed early voting heavily for the first time in decades, and that was part of it. In Florida alone, they had a one-million vote edge over Democrats in early voting.

There was a lot of garbage floating around DU for the past two weeks, and it set up some highly unrealistic expectations. The reports of 10% crossover were false and based on faulty data. The claims that women who were early voting were predominantly Democrats were false. The claims that Democrats were dominating early voting were based on faulty data and assumptions.

We need to better vet our sources and better analyze grandiose claims. Some random guy on X is not a valid source without outside corroboration.

There are no easy answers, but just looking at the totals, it's obvious that Harris wasn't able to replicate the coalition-building Biden did in 2020. There's a lot more to it than that, but that one is clear.