Well, the pollsters were right – virtually all of the swing states were very tight margins.

And Trump got just about all of them.

Now it gets interesting…

Update 11/7/2024:

Skimming over the election stories, one thing becomes clear: This was a huge, decisive win for Trump and the Republicans. Trump won handily, taking all the swing states. He won the popular vote (!). Republicans will now control a previously tied Senate (with VP Harris as the tie-breaking vote). The House is still up for grabs, but it looks better for Republicans than Democrats.

Harris ran a very good campaign – there will be a lot of finger pointing, but that’s always the case on the losing side. This was not a case of Harris fumbles tossing the election; no, Trump won.

Trump is, for some unfathomable reason, the candidate the American people wanted in this election. A little terrifying (mass deportations, abolishing government bureaus…), but it is what it is.

In this election, Trump chipped away at a vast number of Democrats’ voter blocs – he made gains with young men, with Latino men and Black men.

And here is the stat that I can’t wrap my head around: In the first presidential election since the Dobbs decision (that struck down Roe v Wade – a 50-yeard old precedent that protected abortion), the man who takes credit for this – Trump – received 51% of the white women vote. Wow.