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CBHagman

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13. Biden set the record for the popular vote, but 2024 was no blowout.

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:52 AM

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In 2024, Kamala Harris got 48.34% of the popular vote, the Republican ticket got 49.81%, and all other candidates came to 1.85%.

In 2020, Joe Biden got more than 81 million votes, which came to 51.31% of the popular vote, which may surprise some people. But getting more than 50% of the popular vote has only happened with three candidates in recent years: George W. Bush on his second run for the White House, Barack Obama in both elections, and Joe Biden.

And I know 2016 remains a bitter memory, and rightly so, but Hillary Rodham Clinton got 48.2% of the popular vote to Individual One's 46.2%. The electoral votes were decided based on under 80,000 votes across several states.

There were a lot of factors that went into those elections, including Supreme Court decisions, but the numbers themselves are worth considering. We have to fight for every last ballot at this point.

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