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Why Was There a Broad Drop-Off in Democratic Turnout in 2024?
The New York Times ^ | Nov. 11, 2024 Updated 3:17 p.m. ET | Michael C. Bender

Posted on 11/11/2024 1:00:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Voters in liberal strongholds across the country, from city centers to suburban stretches, failed to show up to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris at the levels they had for Joseph R. Biden Jr. four years earlier, contributing significantly to her defeat by Donald J. Trump, according to a New York Times analysis of preliminary election data.

The numbers help fill in the picture of Mr. Trump’s commanding victory, showing it may not represent the resounding endorsement of his agenda that the final Electoral College vote suggests. Mr. Trump won the White House not only because he turned out his supporters and persuaded skeptics, but also because many Democrats sat this election out, presumably turned off by both candidates.

Counties with the biggest Democratic victories in 2020 delivered 1.9 million fewer votes for Ms. Harris than they had for Mr. Biden. The nation’s most Republican-heavy counties turned out an additional 1.2 million votes for Mr. Trump this year, according to the analysis of the 47 states where the vote count is largely complete.

The drop-off spanned demographics and economics. It was clear in counties with the highest job growth rates, counties with the most job losses and counties with the highest percentage of college-educated voters. Turnout was down, too, across groups that are traditionally strong for Democrats — including areas with large numbers of Black Christians and Jewish voters.

The decline in key cities, including Detroit and Philadelphia, made it exceptionally difficult for Ms. Harris to win the battlegrounds of Michigan and Pennsylvania.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
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To: NoLibZone

The entire 3AM voting bloc dissapeard.

They vote 102% democrat.

Yes. I think it disappeared strategically, too.

I saw the reports of out of state plated deliveries taking place.

But I think they realized the Trump leads were too much, so they aborted. Obvious big jumps like last time, but still falling short is not what they want.

I would love to see the return graphs, like the one in post one, for this year.


21 posted on 11/11/2024 1:11:33 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Yup...this makes sense. I’m surprised there wasn’t a “plandemic” this election.


22 posted on 11/11/2024 1:12:00 PM PST by woweeitsme
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To: Steely Tom

Abortion is no longer the most important issue to Americans.


23 posted on 11/11/2024 1:12:08 PM PST by cnsmom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“”because a lot of typical Dem voters stayed home””

In other words, the millions of dead democRAT voters crawled out of their graves, saw what they were expected to vote for (Que Mala) and immediately crawled back in their graves.


24 posted on 11/11/2024 1:13:17 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: cnsmom
Abortion is no longer the most important issue to Americans.

In 2028 two issues will be eliminated at the National level: Abortion & "Democracy". Not sure what that leaves the leftists.

25 posted on 11/11/2024 1:13:28 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: cnsmom

May have something to do with Federalism? The words. They use them, but they do not know the meaning.


26 posted on 11/11/2024 1:14:00 PM PST by Kudsman (Hey,, Democrat,,leave them kids alone!)
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To: Fido969

The New York Times needs to hire a contractor to count fingers and toes and find these votes.

“Apes Inc.”

Lol.


27 posted on 11/11/2024 1:14:14 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Because the Democratic Party has devolved into a totalitarian insane asylum and Americans have had enough of them and their grotesque antics? The Democratic Party is trash and Americans put it in the bin and rolled it out to the street.

That is my best guess.


28 posted on 11/11/2024 1:15:17 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.f)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’ll go with half lack of enthusiasm for the Dem candidate and “defections” to Trump, and half we wrung a lot of cheat out of the system with election integrity efforts.


29 posted on 11/11/2024 1:15:39 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think that graph has been updated. The last I saw the red bar for 2024 is now above the 2020 red bar.


30 posted on 11/11/2024 1:15:58 PM PST by Ingtar
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There wasn’t a broad drop off in turnout. There was a broad drop off in allowable cheating- which is not totally resolved. My prediction is when we go back to paper ballots the drop off will be astounding

Harris did not Hugo neck and neck w Trump in 7 swing states over abortion her only policy and counting for loyal leftist turnout

The times really ought to quit hating and just listen to Rogan, Dillon and Bannon. Just once in a while. These tree have circulation that is exponential to the times plus cnn plus msnbc plus the view On a regular basis

That way they really would have ‘all the news that’s fit to print’ instead on ‘don’t go there girlfriend’ and not get bowled over by surprises


31 posted on 11/11/2024 1:16:28 PM PST by stanne
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

those extra 20,000,000 “votes” were fake, that’s why


32 posted on 11/11/2024 1:17:08 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Shock and Awe !! Early voting didn’t give the Dems enough time to stuff the ballots with 18 million fraudulent votes. They needed to drag out the count in order to produce the numbers.


33 posted on 11/11/2024 1:17:18 PM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Responsibility2nd

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/exclusive-video-uncovered-showing-nine-times-2020-election-night-votes-removed-president-trump/


34 posted on 11/11/2024 1:18:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d like to see that with the final numbers. Is California still ginning up votes?


35 posted on 11/11/2024 1:19:13 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Steely Tom

Maybe they aren’t ready for a stupid, cackling fraud of a ‘candidate’ who can’t verbalize a policy or explain her past failure in office.

Not ALL Democrats are stupid.


36 posted on 11/11/2024 1:21:53 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“..Why Was There a Broad Drop-Off in Democratic Turnout in 2024?...”

Hmmmmm....maybe somebody called.......GhostBusters!!!! /s


37 posted on 11/11/2024 1:22:29 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: Steely Tom

Good point...if all those votes were legit in 2020 then it must have been because of all those racist and sexist DEMOCRATS in 2024.


38 posted on 11/11/2024 1:23:06 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ghost voters stayed home.


39 posted on 11/11/2024 1:23:51 PM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: lgjhn23

They murdered 18 Million Ghosts? We need a new holocaust war crimes commission.


40 posted on 11/11/2024 1:24:02 PM PST by AndyJackson
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