After being voted out of office four years earlier (at least officially), Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on November 5 in what was perhaps the biggest political comeback in U.S. history. Trump’s election landslide was announced several hours after polls closed. He took the Electoral College with 312 electoral votes. He also won the popular vote, with The Associated Press reporting that he received 50.0 percent (76,688,639 votes) to Kamala Harris’ 48.3 percent (74,117,248 votes).

Democrats and the “Red Mirage” Narrative

The 2024 presidential election results differed from those of the 2020 presidential election in a few key areas. For one, Vice President Kamala Harris received nearly 10 million fewer votes than Joe Biden received in 2020, when multiple states took several days to finish counting votes. The delay in counting votes led to a so-called red mirage, in which Trump appeared to be ahead on election night, only to see Biden eventually declared the winner four days later. The Associated Press reported Biden’s victory on the Saturday after the election.

In 2024, Democrats suggested that it would once again take several days to count the ballots, implying that Americans should be prepared for another “red mirage.” Former President Barack Obama expressed this sentiment in an Election Day post on X: “It took several days to count every ballot in 2020, and it’s very likely we won’t know the outcome tonight either. So please keep a few things in mind as you make your voice heard today: — Thousands of election workers around the country are working hard today. Respect them. Thank them. — Don’t share things before checking your sources. — Let the process run its course. It takes time to count every ballot.”

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