Eight takeaways from the 2024 election

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70% : Two years after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis romped to a 19-percentage-point reelection victory, Trump backed it up with another double-digit GOP win.
63% : Trump was cruising to a double-digit victory there..This story has been updated with additional developments.
60% : Trump won about three-fifths of those voters.
58% : Here are eight takeaways from the 2024 election:Trump undoes the Biden mapThough several states are still tallying their results, Trump's road to victory in 2024 appears to have been nearly identical to his 2016 win.
58% : The gains were concentrated most heavily among Latinos under age 65.Trump also made gains in key places among Black men, more than doubling his 2020 performance in North Carolina.
53% : Even in a scenario where Trump would be able to turn out his base, Democrats thought a surge of support among women voters thanks to an emphasis on abortion rights in races across the country would keep the presidential race close.
52% : In 2020, Joe Biden had won six of those seven -- losing only North Carolina to Trump.
52% : The final count could take weeks, but Trump also holds the popular vote lead.
51% : However, Trump has already claimed Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and he leads in all seven battlegrounds.
51% : Obamacare, too, would almost surely be in the clear.
51% : Rural voters are an even more potent force than many realizedIf Trump does return to the White House, he will have rural counties across the battleground states to thank.
49% : Trump won that cohort by 8 points, four years after losing them by 23 points.
43% : Four in five of those voters backed Trump.
41% : Voters who said democracy was the most important issue overwhelmingly backed Harris, but Trump won those who identified the economy as most important by nearly the same margin.
39% : Trump made gains with nearly every demographic group compared with his 2020 loss, CNN's exit polls showed.
39% : Trump makes big gains with Latino menTrump's campaign pushed hard to court men, and particularly men of color.
24% : In a repeat of his 2016 victory, Trump once again broke through the "blue wall."
22% : There was a similar dynamic on display in Michigan's Oakland County, too, where Trump again turned out his base and, in some places, added to it, while Harris appears unlikely to match Biden's 14-point advantage.
21% : There was a significant gender split, with the majority of women backing Harris, but men supporting Trump, CNN's exit polls showed.
17% : What that would mean is, simply, that Trump would be unable to pass much, if any, legislation and perhaps more importantly would find himself hamstrung as he tries to wind back Biden's policies.

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