The Groups That Delivered Trump's Election Victory

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74% : Trump improved in Illinois as well, increasing his 40 percent of support in 2020 to 45 percent this year.
57% : Trump also teamed up with X CEO Elon Musk, who had a 25-point net favorability in an October YouGov poll, with an interview appearance on the billionaire's social media network that was streamed by millions.
54% : But it was not just with younger voters -- Trump also increased his share of support among black voters by 7 percent and Hispanic voters by 7 percent.
51% : Within New York City, long considered a Democratic stronghold, Trump saw a 5 percent increase in Brooklyn, a 10-point increase in Queens, an 11 percent increase in the Bronx, and a 5-point increase in Manhattan.
48% : The National Election Pool exit poll, however, found Trump winning 45 percent of Hispanic voters among 22,800 votes cast in key states, with 54 percent of Latino men backing the president-elect.
45% : Among black voters, Trump secured 16 percent of their vote in 2024, doubling his 8 percent figure from 2020, according to AP VoteCast.
45% : Trump also made double-digit gains in two blue states controlled by Democrats -- New York and New Jersey -- while increasing his margin of votes in California and Illinois compared to four years ago.
44% : One of the most decisive cross-overs for Trump was Generation Z voters aged 18 to 29.
44% : Even though California still has millions of ballots left to count, Trump is on track to increase his margin by 5 percent since 2020, garnering 39.8 percent of the vote so far, compared to 34.2 percent four years ago.
43% : While some wondered if abortion would galvanize women in supporting Harris after Trump took credit for overturning Roe v. Wade, he increased his share of women voters aged 18 to 44 by 6 points, while seeing largely the same margins among women older than 45 and suburban women.
32% : After losing New Jersey to then-candidate Joe Biden by 12 percent in 2020, Trump was only trailing Harris by 5 percent in the Garden State as of Friday.
28% : But among white voters, Trump lost some ground, according to the National Election Pool, with him seeing a 3 percent decrease in support among white women since the 2020 election.
21% : Almost half of Gen Z men, 49 percent to Vice President Harris's 47, broke for Trump, according to the Edison Research exit poll.
5% : Trump also flipped three New York counties that voted for Biden in 2020 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 -- Nassau, Clinton, and Rockland, according to election data, while also winning Broome and Essex, which Biden had won but Clinton had lost.

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