Pre election polls had said the race was too close
to call Donald Trump. However, defied expectations,
securing more than the 270 electoral college votes needed to
win before dawn and leading democrat Kamala Harris by about
5 million votes in the popular count. So how
did he pull it off first? He was running
at a time when Americans are frustrated by high prices
and to a lesser extent illegal immigration across the US
southern border. We need a better economy to control
inflation, to secure our borders, to help our
economy. The national exit poll of voters conducted by
Edison research showed three quarters of voters think the country
is going in a negative direction of those voters,
61% went for Trump and of the self described angry
voters, 71 backed the Republican for voters who most
worried about the economy. 79% voted for Trump even
when it came to the issue of abortion. Of
those who believe it should be a legal procedure.
In most instances, only 51% backed Harris compared to
47% for Trump that suggests Trump's efforts to blur his
position, worked to negate one of the Democrats largest
advantages. Trump said he opposed a federal abortion ban
but that states are free to pass laws on the
. He also became a vocal advocate for insurers to
cover in vitro fertilization or IVF treatments. While black
women overwhelmingly supported Harris polls showed Trump had a slight
edge over her with suburban white women voters overall,
Harris won 54% of the female vote. That's less
than Biden's 57% in 2020. Trump's campaign had focused
on pulling in male voters, especially young men through
social media, sports podcasts and online gaming. The
Republican edged Harris among men aged 18 to 44 and
claimed a decisive chunk of those 45. And up
the Trump campaign had put a great deal of effort
into winning over Black and Latino voters in North Carolina
exit polls showed Trump boosting his share of the black
ballot to 12% from 5% in 2020. He also
made major gains with Latino voters in swing states like
Nevada and Arizona, especially among the men that helped
make up for Trump losing some white voters support compared
with 2020.