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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

2008- Popular vote (D) 69,498,516 vs. [R] 59,948,323
2012- Popular vote (D) 65,915,795 vs. [R] 60,933,504
2016- Popular vote (D) 65,853,514 vs. [R] 62,984,828
2020- Popular vote (D) 81,283,501 vs. [R] 74,223,975
2024- Popular vote (D) 68,092,002 vs. [R] 72,747,033

Trump lost some voters. Kamala lost WAY more voters. Find out why 15 million voters overall didn't vote. Or more particularly, find out why all those voters came out in 2020 and not in 2016 or 2024.

[–] DiagnosedADHD@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Trump was way more unpopular then. He also told his supporters to vote day of. Voting by mail was way easier that year so people that may normally not have voted did, and Trump supporters voted election Day. He basically kneecapped himself.

I'm convinced he would've be reelected had it not been for COVID.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 10 points 18 hours ago

I would say 2020 was more the outlier then anything. Then again, that was right after 4 years of trump and you know waves hands all the crap that happened then.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

They took the threat seriously and we really didn't take it seriously again.