{"id":2365006,"date":"2024-11-06T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-defeats-harris-top-takeaways-from-the-presidential-contest\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:13:00","slug":"trump-defeats-harris-top-takeaways-from-the-presidential-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-defeats-harris-top-takeaways-from-the-presidential-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump defeats Harris: Top takeaways from the presidential contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-defeats-harris-top-takeaways-from-the-presidential-contest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365006&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a historic comeback,\u200b Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, securing a second term as President of\u2062 the United States. \u2064Despite Harris out-fundraising Trump \u2062by\u2062 a significant margin, raising over $1 billion, the financial advantage did not translate into \u200celectoral success. Trump&#8217;s\u2064 campaign saw a strong performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost\/\" title=\"DeSantis admits Trump&#039;s loss in 2020 election.\">key battleground \u2063states<\/a>, outperforming both polls and his previous election results, particularly among minority\u2063 voters, including \u200bnotable gains among \u200dblack men and leading among Latino men nationally.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party also gained control of the Senate, flipping several key seats, while House Democrats showed signs of potentially\u200d regaining control,\u200b though final results in toss-up districts remain\u200c pending. The importance of candidate quality was highlighted, as both parties faced challenges with their respective nominees\u2014Harris, who\u200d struggled to\u200b connect\u2062 with voters on crucial issues, and Trump-backed candidates like Kari Lake, who lagged in their races.<\/p>\n<p>the election demonstrated \u2064that \u2064money alone cannot guarantee victory, as Harris\u2019s campaign resources\u2063 did not ensure a win against Trump\u2019s resilient ground game and strategic\u2062 focus in critical regions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump defeats Harris: Top takeaways from the presidential contest<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874515\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In a historic comeback, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><strong> <\/strong>defeated<strong> <\/strong>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and will return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> for a second term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Both candidates entered the election predicting optimism, but it was Trump&rsquo;s campaign that saw momentum rise Tuesday evening as Harris supporters at Howard University faced disappointment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans flipped control of the upper chamber after four years of Democratic control. Meanwhile, House Democrats could flip the lower chamber after key races are called.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the election all but over, here are the top takeaways from the presidential and congressional elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump outruns polls again to win a second White House term&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Heading into Election Day, Trump and Harris were neck and neck both nationally and in the seven battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<p>But the candidates&rsquo; schedules over the final month of the campaign made clear they were prioritizing separate paths to the White House. Trump held dozens of rallies in the Sun Belt &mdash;&nbsp;Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina &mdash; while Harris chose to spend the bulk of her time campaigning in the blue wall, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Still, by the time he declared himself the 2024 winner Wednesday morning, Trump had already been declared the victor in every battleground that had been called: Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Trump&rsquo;s margins in those states not only outpaced this cycle&rsquo;s polling but overperformed his marks in the 2020 and 2016 presidential election cycles.<\/p>\n<p>Early Wednesday morning, NBC News even predicted that Trump would win the national popular vote, another first in his third general election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Associated Press <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-day-trump-harris-white-house-83c8e246ab97f5b97be45cdc156af4e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called the contest for Trump<\/a> on Wednesday at 5:44 a.m. after he won Wisconsin and passed the 270 electoral vote threshold.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump makes massive inroads with black and Latino voters<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans have been touting increased support among minority voters for years, and while that didn&rsquo;t provide the red wave some predicted in the 2022 midterm elections, that phenomenon definitely showed up in 2024 exit polls.<\/p>\n<p>Network exit polls saw Trump pulling roughly 20% support from black men in both Georgia and North Carolina, battlegrounds that proved critical for Trump&rsquo;s second path to the White House. For comparison, in 2020, Trump saw just 11% support from black voters in Georgia and 7% in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Trump performed even better among Latino men, with NBC&rsquo;s exit poll showing Trump actually leading Harris nationally among the demographic.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Harris campaign claimed that Trump&rsquo;s rhetoric over the past two weeks, coupled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-force-conspiracy-theorist-marjorie-taylor-greene-off-her-committee-assignments-report\/\" title=\"Democrats Move To Force Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Her Committee Assignments: Report\">controversial comments made<\/a> by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at the Madison Square Garden rally, was swinging the Latino vote back toward Democrats.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Money can&rsquo;t buy an election&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign easily out-fundraised the Trump campaign but it proved to make little difference in the election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite raising at least $1 billion in roughly three months, an unprecedented amount of money, Harris will not succeed President Joe Biden as the next commander-in-chief.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the three final months of the cycle, Harris&rsquo;s team repeatedly bragged in memos that their ground game strategy in the battleground states outpaced Trump&rsquo;s apparatus, which largely handed its strategy over to outside groups such as Elon Musk&rsquo;s America PAC and Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s Turning Point Action.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Republicans snatch back the Senate&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>The GOP flipped control of the Senate easily Tuesday evening, as Democrats faced a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tough map defending vulnerable incumbents<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first sign of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3219604\/republicans-set-retake-senate-after-flipping-democratic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican victory<\/a> came early when Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3204392\/jim-justice-wins-west-virginia-senate-race-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">easily defeated<\/a> Democrat Glenn Elliott, the mayor of Wheeling in the race to replace outgoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV)<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) lost his reelection as Republican challenger Bernie Moreno flipped his seat and Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) defeated independent challenger Dan Osborn, guaranteeing a Republican majority.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) also survived a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred, further helping the GOP maintain its lead in the upper chamber.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats saw some victory with Maryland&rsquo;s Angela Alsobrooks defeating former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan in Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester winning the Delaware Senate race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">House Democrats fight to take back control&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Control of the House may not be known for several days, as the winners of key toss-up districts are still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3218786\/2024-house-races-democrats-fight-for-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">being calculated<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats flipped at least two seats signaling their march to winning the lower chamber.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New York Democrat John Mannion defeated Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) and Democrat Josh Riley unseated Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) in New York&rsquo;s 19th District.<\/p>\n<p>Only five toss-up seats out of 22 have been called as of 5:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday but that could change in the coming hours and days as winners are determined.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Candidates matter<\/h2>\n<p>With Gov.-elect Josh Stein (D-NC) quickly winning his race against Republican gubernatorial nominee Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC). Robinson&rsquo;s string of controversies underscored Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell&rsquo;s (R-KY) argument that candidate quality matters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Republican Senate nominee Kari Lake is another example of a Trumpian candidate who could not rely on the former president&rsquo;s endorsement alone. Lake was trailing Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) for the state&rsquo;s open Senate seat with 53% reporting, even as Trump maintained a two-point advantage over Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Candidate quality wasn&rsquo;t only an issue for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Volumes could be written about whether Democrats should have held an open primary rather than swapping out Harris for President Joe Biden. After all, Harris never made it out of Iowa during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.<\/p>\n<p>And, based on exit polls, Harris clearly had trouble convincing voters that she offered a substantively different approach to handling the economy and immigration, both top issues this cycle.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abortion amendments have a mixed night&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>For the first time since <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned, a state abortion amendment failed when voters were given a chance to make their voice heard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Florida voters failed to reach the 60% threshold needed to pass the Amendment 4 ballot question, meaning the state&rsquo;s six-week abortion ban will stay in place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The amendment, if it had passed, would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-try-to-stop-the-bleeding-on-abortion-ballot-measures\/\" title=\"Conservatives aim to halt abortion ballot measure losses\">enshrined abortion access<\/a> up until roughly 24 weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The failed measure is a success for DeSantis, who had enacted the six-week ban and campaigned against the amendment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Dakota voters also rejected an abortion amendment establishing a constitutional right to abortion on Tuesday while voters in Nebraska passed Measure 434, limiting abortion after the first trimester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet in Maryland, Arizona, and&nbsp;New York, voters opted to enshrine abortion protection into the state&rsquo;s constitution. Voters in Missouri overturned the state&rsquo;s near<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-lives-matter-arkansas-gov-signs-near-total-abortion-ban-that-supporters-hope-will-force-scotus-to-revisit-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"\u2018All Lives Matter\u2019: Arkansas Gov. Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban That Supporters Hope Will Force SCOTUS To Revisit Roe v. Wade\">-total abortion ban<\/a> by passing Amendment 3, which enshrines abortion protection in the state&rsquo;s constitution and allows the procedure through roughly 24 weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874515\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874515\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump wins against Harris: Key insights from the election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":2365007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-takeaways.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4021,44474,3634],"class_list":["post-2365006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-harris","tag-presidential-contest","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-takeaways.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365010,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365006\/revisions\/2365010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}