Kamala Harris

Trump won about 2.5M more votes this year than he did in 2020. This is where he did it

Republican Donald Trump’s support has grown broadly since he last sought the presidency. In his defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, Trump won a bigger percentage of the vote in each one of the 50 states, and Washington, D.C., than he did four years ago.

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Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations

Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it’s still a swing state

Candidates in tight race for Mississippi Supreme Court as St. Pe’ wins Court of Appeals seat

Trump fills out his economic team with two veterans of his first administration

Trump promised federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe. Will he follow through?

When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state.

Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students

Southwest states certify election results after the process led to controversy in previous years

How Trump’s bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes

Tim Walz accepts turkey presentation as he eases back into his duties as Minnesota’s governor

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Harris’ campaign leaders say there was a ‘price to be paid’ for shortened campaign against Trump

The leaders of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign say they simply didn’t have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump.

At the crossroads of news and opinion, ‘Morning Joe’ hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting

The reaction of those who defended “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with President-elect Trump sounds almost quaint in the days of opinionated journalism.

Feeling betrayed by increased minority support for Trump, Black women say they’re stepping back

Donald Trump’s victory has dismayed many politically engaged Black women, and they’re reassessing their enthusiasm for politics and organizing.

Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors

Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election.

From New Jersey to Hawaii, Trump made inroads in surprising places in his path to the White House

Donald Trump made inroads in surprising places this election year in his path to the White House. From the suburbs of New Jersey to Rep.

AP VoteCast shows Trump boosted his level of support among Catholic voters

Among several blocs of religious voters, including his loyal evangelical base, Donald Trump fared roughly as well in his victory over Kamala Harris as he did in his loss to Joe Biden four years ago.

Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris

A judge recused himself from presiding over Arizona’s fake electors case after an email surfaced in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Kamala Harris’ race.

Democrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake

Gallego’s victory prevents Republicans from further padding their Senate majority and continues a string of Democratic successes in a state that was reliably Republican until Trump was elected president in 2016.

Biden and Harris appear together for the first time since she lost the election to Trump

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together for the first time since she lost last week’s presidential election to Republican Donald Trump.

Trump breaks GOP losing streak in nation’s largest majority-Arab city with a pivotal final week

Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate since 2000 to win the majority-Arab city of Dearborn, Michigan.

Young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

Black and Latino voters moved toward Republican Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election, and some of the biggest shifts were among men under age 45, and that helped expand his margin over Democrat Kamala Harris.

Why AP called Arizona for Trump

The Associated Press declared President-elect Donald Trump the winner in Arizona on Saturday night after vote updates in Maricopa and other counties added to his overall lead, putting the state out of reach for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump’s gains with Latinos could reshape American politics. Democrats are struggling to respond

From Pennsylvania to Florida to Texas, areas with high numbers of Hispanics often had little in common on Election Day other than backing Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris for president.

Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons

Half of voters identified democracy as the single most important motivating factor for their vote.

Why AP called Nevada’s presidential race for Trump

President-elect Donald Trump has won his sixth battleground state of the 2024 election, beating Vice President Kamala Harris in Nevada.

Women win majority of seats in New Mexico Legislature in showcase of determination and joy

Women won a majority of seats in the New Mexico Legislature in the general election, stirring expressions of vindication and joy.

AP VoteCast: How Donald Trump built a winning 2024 coalition

Big shifts with small groups and small shifts with big groups helped return Donald Trump to the White House.

The story of how Trump went from diminished ex-president to a victor once again

With his commanding victory over Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has achieved a stunning political comeback that seemed unimaginable after his refusal to accept his loss in the 2020 election ended with his supporters violently storming the Capitol.

AP Week in Pictures: Global

Nov. 1-7, 2024

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris looks at a monitor of the event from backstage, before taking the stage for her final campaign rally in Philadelphia.

How 5 key groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast

Donald Trump won the presidency after holding tight to his core base of voters and slightly expanding his coalition to include several groups that have traditionally been a part of the Democratic base.

Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for the vice president’s resounding loss to Trump

Joe Biden’s name wasn’t on the ballot, but history will likely remember Vice President Kamala Harris’ resounding defeat as his loss, too.

Harris supporters show range of emotions as she gives concession speech

Supporters, many of them women of color, looked somber, shed tears and raised their fists in solidarity as Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech for the 2024 presidential election Wednesday on the campus of Howard University in Washington.

FACT FOCUS: A multimillion vote gap between 2020 and 2024 fuels false election narratives

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, social media users began pushing two conflicting narratives of election fraud.

AP VoteCast takeaways: Gender voting gap was unremarkable compared with recent history

If women alone had voted, Donald Trump would have lost the presidential election decisively. Men were more likely than women to support President-elect Trump, but in the end, the gender voting gap was unremarkable by historical standards.

Democrats enter a Trump presidency without a plan or a clear leader

Democrats spent billions of dollars warning American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy, that his economic policies would benefit only his wealthy friends, that he was literally a fascist.

AP VoteCast: Voters who focused on the economy broke hard for Trump

President-elect Donald Trump tapped into deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable despite its recent growth to meet the needs of the middle class.

With Trump’s win, some women wonder: Will the US ever see a female president?

Voters had the chance this election to break the highest glass ceiling in American politics by electing Kamala Harris the nation’s first female president.

Why AP called Michigan for Trump

Donald Trump’s lead in Michigan became insurmountable after he improved his margin in Detroit’s county and won overwhelmingly in Republican-leaning parts of the state, closing off Vice President Kamala Harris’ path to victory.

Harris says nation must accept election results while urging supporters to keep fighting

Faced with a sweeping rejection by American voters, Kamala Harris has conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump and is encouraging supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country.

AP VoteCast: Voter anxiety over the economy and a desire for change return Trump to the White House

A disaffected electorate wanted former President Donald Trump to return to the White House, a blatant rejection of Vice President Kamala Harris and her nearly four years with President Joe Biden.