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
By LINLEY SANDERS
Published - Nov 08, 2024, 09:25 AM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 05:33 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Big shifts within small groups and small shifts within big groups helped propel Donald Trump's return to the White House.
The Republican candidate won by holding onto his traditional coalition — white voters, voters without a college degree and older voters — while making crucial gains among younger voters and Black and Hispanic men, according to AP VoteCast, a far-reaching survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide.
His Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, made small gains — most significantly with white men with a college degree living in urban areas — but it was not enough to offset her losses elsewhere.
