General Information

On November 5, 2024, Presidential elections were held in the United States of America to elect the President and Vice President. The presidential election process has elected Donald Trump president of the USA and James David Vance vice president from the Republican party. The nomination was also contested by the Democrats with candidate Kamala Harris and for vice president Tim Walz, the Libertarian Party with Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maar and the Greens with Jill Stein and Butch Ware. The results are as follows:

Electoral results of presidential elections:

Donald Trump/ Republican Party: 72,623,882 votes, 295 electors, 50.9%
Kamala Harris/ Democratic Party: 67,927,989 votes, 226 electors, 47.6%
Jill Stein/Green Party: 641,095 votes, 0 electors, 0.4%
Chase Oliver/ Libertarian Party: 575,848 votes, 0 electors, 0.4%
Robert Kennedy/ Independent: 619,095 votes, 0 electors, 0.4%
Other candidates: 326,145 votes, 0 electors, 0.2%

House of Representatives election results:
Democrats: 213 seats
Republicans: 219 seats

Senate election results:
Democrats: 47 seats
Republicans: 53 seats

Electoral System The US electoral system dates back to 1787 and sets the rules for electing a president, indirectly and in one round. The US founders saw this system as a compromise between the direct election of a president by the people and the election of a president by Congress.
There are 538 electors and most of them are local officials of their party. Their names do not appear on the ballots, which only list the names of the two parties' presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
The number of electors each US state has is calculated from the sum of the representatives it has in the House of Representatives (which depends on its population) and the two senators each state elects.
According to the US Constitution, in the event of a tie, Congress will elect the 47th president of the United States. More specifically and as reported by APE, the new members of the House of Representatives will elect the president and the Senate the vice president.
The candidate who wins the most votes in a state automatically wins all of its electors. The exceptions are Nebraska and Maine, which divide the electors proportionally between the two candidates.



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*The above graph shows the electoral results of the US presidential election by state. The electoral processes shown refer to the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections. Percentages are listed by state and by political party when the pointer is dragged across the chart.
The elections for the Members of the House of Representatives are held alongside the presidential elections every four years. In addition to the electoral process conducted during the presidential elections, Representatives are elected every two years in the "Midterm Elections." The total number of seats in the House is 435, with the party holding 218 seats achieving the majority. In the 2020 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential elections, the Republicans won the majority, with 222 seats and 219 seats respectively for each year. In the 2018 midterm elections and the presidential elections.

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The elections for the Members of the Senate are held concurrently with the presidential elections every four years. Beyond the electoral process conducted alongside the presidential elections, Senators are elected every two years during the "Midterm Elections." The Senate has a total of 100 seats, with the party holding 51 seats achieving the majority. In the elections of 2016, 2020, and the presidential elections of 2024, the Republicans won the majority, with percentages of 52%, 53%, and 53%, respectively. In the 2020 elections, the Senate seats were evenly distributed (50-50), while in the 2022 midterm elections, the Democrats gained the majority by a margin of 1 seat.

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Analysis of CNN Exit Poll Results from 2016, 2020, and 2024

For understanding trends, the 2024 exit polls include interviews with thousands of voters regarding their political views and demographic profiles. Based on CNN's exit poll tool for the 2024 elections, female voters leaned towards Kamala Harris, while male voters favored Donald Trump. Despite the Democrats' efforts to mobilize women voters around the issue of abortion, Kamala did not surpass the advantage among women that Biden and Clinton had in previous elections. Trump showed an advantage among Latino men in the 2016 and 2024 elections, as well as a consistent lead among White men. Kamala appears to have been supported by Latina women, as well as by Black men and Black women. A consistent advantage for President Trump is the 18–44 age group, whereas voters aged 45+ seem to have chosen Vice President Kamala. Beyond Trump’s advantage among younger generations, he also appears to have won over new voters who do not typically participate in the electoral process.

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