Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom

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Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom
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The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest.

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Voters line up outside the Gallatin County Courthouse on Election Day in Bozeman, Mont., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Voters wait in a long line at a polling place at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. between Republican Donald Trump, now the president-elect, and Democrat Kamala Harris, the vice president, with hundreds of thousands of more still being tallied in slower-counting states.

While the rest the country shifted significantly from 2020, when Democrat Joe Biden won the popular vote by 7 million, or 4.5 percentage points, the outcome in the swing states was closer. The turnout story also was different. Turnout dropped from 2020 in noncompetitive states such as Illinois, which recorded more than 500,000 fewer votes than in the last presidential election, and Ohio, which reported more than 300,000 less.

Those Trump turnout victories included first-time voter Jasmine Perez, 26, who voted for Trump at the Las Vegas Raiders stadium.

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