Grover Cleveland finally has some company. Former President Donald Trump cruised to victory on Tuesday night and is on track to win every swing state with votes still trickling in, becoming just the second president to serve non-consecutive terms. Republicans have also retaken the Senate and are favored to complete the sweep by winning the House.
There are plenty of superlatives to describe this election for Trump and the GOP. It is undoubtedly the greatest political comeback in American history. Even without the House result being known, it already looks like the most significant victory for the Republican Party since Ronald Reagan’s 49-state shellacking in 1984. It might be the greatest ever depending on the outcome in the House – even in 1984 the Democrats easily retained the lower chamber.
Things got off to a rocky start for Harris and only got worse throughout the evening.
Early on Democrats were seeing alarm bells in Virginia, which went for Biden by 10 points in 2020. As I highlighted in my election night guide, trouble in the Old Dominion, even if Harris hung on to win there, would likely signal losses in other battlegrounds. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Trump looks to have cut Biden’s 2020 margin in half and is on track to win more votes there than any Republican presidential candidate ever.
Most polls expected Trump to win Florida easily, but his landslide was another ominous sign for Democrats. After Trump won there by 1.3 points in 2016 and 3.3 points in 2020, he carried the Sunshine State this year by an astonishing 13.1 percent.
In the battlegrounds, it was apparent just a few hours after polls closed that Harris was running significantly behind Biden and even Hillary Clinton’s margins in 2016. While results are still coming in, as of Tuesday morning Harris was underperforming Biden in every single county nationwide – a shocking result that speaks to the magnitude of the country’s rejection of Harris and embrace of Trump.
Trump also appears in a strong position to win the popular vote, becoming the first Republican candidate since George W. Bush in 2004 to do so. While the presidency is decided by the Electoral College and not the popular vote, the fact that Trump won a majority of the electorate is nonetheless enormously significant for several reasons.
First, it indicates a clear mandate for Trump to enact his America First agenda. The 45th and soon-to-be 47th president did not back-door his way into the Oval Office – he won by appealing to broad swaths of the country in red, purple, and blue states alike. Throughout his campaign he promised to be a president for “all Americans,” and that pledge clearly attracted a diverse group of voters from throughout the country.
Along with building on his margins of victory in the former swing states of Florida, Ohio (12 points in 2024 vs eight in 2020), and Iowa (14 points vs. 11 points), Trump ran just six points behind Harris in New Jersey after losing to Biden by 16 there four years ago. In New York, where Joe Biden won by 23 points, Trump cut Harris’s margin to just under 12. Perhaps the most under-the-radar embarrassment of the night for Harris was in her home state of California, which she carried by “only” 17 points after Biden won there by nearly 30 in 2020.
Second, Trump’s popular vote victory is an incredible morale booster for the conservative movement, proving that the country is not permanently shifting leftward as many pundits and “political experts” would have Americans believe. Liberal dreams of an “emerging Democratic majority,” so popular during the Obama years, have been utterly crushed.
Third, and perhaps most personally satisfying for Trump, he proved everyone wrong who said he had a hard ceiling at 47-48 percent of the vote. Even most pundits who predicted a Trump Electoral College victory believed Harris would win the popular vote. But once again the pollsters were wrong – the more voters have seen of Trump, the more they believe he is the right choice to lead the country.
Relatedly, Trump’s resounding victory was a monumental indictment of the left’s campaign of lawfare and slanderous lies against Trump and his supporters. For the past decade, the corporate media, Democrat establishment, and entertainment industry have been full throttle on convincing Americans that Trump is “fascist” and “literally Hitler.” They manufactured two impeachments and an endless stream of hoaxes to undermine him, and when that didn’t work, they tried to impoverish him and throw him in jail.
In the end, none of it worked. The American people saw through the lies and misdirection and chose the candidate who clearly delivered a better record while in office. The left was correct in saying that “democracy” was on the ballot this year – and in Trump’s victory, democracy prevailed.
The next four years will undoubtedly be filled with plenty of challenges and ups and downs for both Trump and the country. But in the wake of what many considered to be the most consequential election in decades, Americans can rest assured that they have a proven leader at the helm.
Shane Harris is a writer and political consultant from Southwest Ohio. You can follow him on X @shaneharris513.
Praise for President Donald Trump for having the courage, strength and wisdom that will set this United States of America on the right course again . Sailing through several storms during the past four years with the incompetent Democrats taking the Country off course repeatedly , and not having any knowledge of how to navigate in the governing sense it is a miracle this Nation did not sink or have a collision . As it stands now President Trump will be able to bring this ship of state out of dangerous waters and guide this Country through political seas with Honor, Honesty, Integrity, Courage and Loyalty as. aids to navigation. May God bless President Trump ,First Lady Melania and everyone on the staff of this administration.
There’s power in prayer. PRAISE THE LORD!!!
I’m confident Trump learned from his first-term mistakes and will hit the ground running with a staff that will axe and trim the swampy three-letter agencies and their leakers, close the border, deport, drill, pardon those persecuted and imprisoned by Biden’s lawfare, end the foreign wars, keep males out of women’s sports and locker rooms, and…..MAGA!!!
Meanwhile, I’m really enjoying the liberal media meltdown!!!!!!
Good work, President Trump. Your enemies can whine and lie all they want but the numbers prove that they have no credibility and no touch with reality! You did a great job. Congrats!
I can’t express my relief and joy for Trump being my president again.
The democrats put him through hell but Trump never waivered. We needed a strong man and he proved himself up to the task.
Congratulations to President Trump. I am so proud to have you as my president!!
With his billions of dollars, President Trump could do nothing all day and night, but instead, he chooses to invest time, energy, and money to do the hardest job in the world. Wow! How many others would step up to be slandered and put on the media merry go round? America will be great again! Thank you, America, for reinforcing our belief in God and country.
Any chance you could pick up the reins tomorrow, Donald?
The problem for Harris was that the voters started to believe their own eyes as they looked at their grocery receipts and numbers on the gas pump rather than believing the media’s chant that Biden and Harris had everything under control.
PERHAPS NOW MORE AMERICANS WILL REJECT THE MSM FAKE NEWS AND BEGIN TO WAKE UP TO THE LEFTIST LUNACY WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 2021.
What a great win it was! The fact that he won with a large margin so no one can protest it is truly a blessing. The next four years should be good unless the Marxists are going to harass Trump by making up lies and accusations to try to stymie his time in office. Letitia James already gave a hate-filled speech warning us that Trump will see more accusations and lawsuits coming. These disgusting power-hungry haters need to be stopped. Looks as if Conservatives will have enough power in Congress to avoid most of the disruptions. At least I hope so. Would be great if Vance could be president for 8 years after Trump then maybe Donald Jr.???
The glory belongs to God, because without Him we would have lost, whether doubters believe it or not. Thank the Lord,
Most American citizens have had ENOUGH of “democrats” and their institutionalized, “governmental dishonesty”. We, the decent, honest citizens, have had enough – and have shown them the door. We are truly hopeful that long-overdue investigations of “democrat” criminals who remain in the DOJ, FBI, and other departments, will commence in early 2025. Ya hear that, Comey?!
We have been blessed indeed with this landslide triumph, but, let us renew and revive our faith in God Almighty who allowed this to happen with His great mercy and love for his people. Please, please if your practice of your Christian faith has been shallow or non existent, promise to move closer to Him and live a life the way our Lord, Jesus Christ asks us to live. Be a Christian everywhere you go, not just at religious services, but at work, in your car, on the street, and in all of your social and political activities. Bring your family to church, pray together, keep Him in your home each day and let those who come to your home see that you love God. Go back to Christ. Although we Americans have greatly offended God our Father, He showed us His great mercy this time. He may forsake us, like Sodom and Gomorrah, the next time. Remember, God is a loving Father but He is a just judge as well. God Bless America!
I know it’s shallow, but it’ll be nice to see a woman in the White House wearing a dress again.
I woke up this morning to great news: Donald Trump will be our next and returning president. What fortitude he has. Also a big thanks to Elon Musk who stood by his side as a loyal and steadfast friend.
4 more years of sanity, (to start with) a coming closed border, a finished wall, hopefully those 85,000 “IRS” agents Biden hired in the first year (armed), and then carefully not mentioned again, will be put to use rounding up and deporting the millions of illegals who’ve poured across our non-existent border, an economy we can live with, eliminating armed ATF “agents” (see jack booted terrorists) who terrorize innocent civilians just praying across the street from abortion mills; strengthening our legitimate police and sheriff’s departments, stopping the ongoing attacks on our Second Amendment, putting a real, high ranking officer in charge of our military and bringing them back to the strong deterrents they were before Biden and Milly (add Barack Hussein Obama!) rode in on their donkeys. Our nation has been turned into a laughing stock with bumbling Biden illegally occupying our White House. When Trump was in office the 1st.run, he went to Xi of China, Kim Jong of North Korea, and Putin of Russia and basically let them know there was a new sheriff in town. In Trump’s 4 years not one of them tried to pull any stunts. Almost as soon as Biden was in, Putin attacked Ukraine.
If and when Trump may not be able to do his duties as President, Vance will no doubt assume the title. We’ve had 4 years of destruction, but the first real attack on our Constitutional Republic came with Hussein Obama…in one of his “speeches” he opined: “I will fundamentally change America.” He also stated that he would “stand with the Muslims should the tide change”. He was also the first to obliterate our border. We, like our President, have dodged the first and second bullets. The left is of course, screeching “Unfair” blather, blather, blather. Harris wasn’t capable of completing a sentence or even going to the border. Listened to an attempted interview by Bret Bair on Fox news with Harris. Not once could she answer a question without devolving into a word salad. To those who understand Devine interference…the fact Trump survived both was indeed that.
Oh an aside concerning another “president” from 3 decades ago, and showing his face in public again. During his presidency he presided over the slaughter and ultimate burning and CS gassing to death of American citizens in Waco, Texas. I watched the 51 days of literal hell on earth. The “media” nightly during the carnage screeched that “they had it coming.” It changed my life and direction forever. He was impeached for “messing with an intern” not mass murder. Janet Reno was his official watchdog who made sure that all but the Texas Rangers were allied against those citizens. The Rangers were told to “stand down.” Whether those who may have watched this carnage agreed with the victims or not is irrelevant…they were American citizens. The left “media’ made sure to produce a “film” later showing how horrible those people and their leader was. We, like Trump have so far “dodged a bullet” intended to erase our Constitutional Republic. I pray that We The People will be more alert than ever to understand how fragile our Republic can be.
Victory Rerun, resume from Term 1
Does AMAC really think that Biden actually won Virginia or other states in 2020? Comparing Trump’s wins with Biden’s is an exercise in silliness.
The people were tired of the lies and brainwashing by the Harris campaign. Till the last day she kept telling lies.Then the name calling started. Even Biden mixed in. Calling Trump supporters garbage in need of a kick in the ass. With an evil grin on his face showing the hatred they have carried for Trump since 2015. And Biden since he was VP in O presidency. As he always did he followed the coattails of O and became rich from all the bribes Hunter arranged for him. Did Trump ever mention that? No he didn’t. The dems created baseless lies and the MSM brainwashed the people these lies were the truth and nothing but the truth. Even in conceding the election Harris urged her supporters to never support a president or the opposition party but the constitution of the United States. Excuse me. They have been trying to do away with the constitution for years. The last 4 years more openly. They are okay with doing away with free speech or the right to bear arms. They want to do away with the Supreme Court and the congress if they could get it passed. They ruled the country by executive orders, through the courts and disobey the rulings that went against them. They usurped the election laws to their benefit. Forbid ID’s while you can’t do any banking procedure or dr procedure without an ID. The vaccine mandate. The e vehicle buying the e appliance buying. The ordering of gender affirming medications for young children without parental consent. Have open borders for 3.5 years and closing them a few months before the election. And then blaming Trump for not passing the amnesty bill. That is what it was. We were still getting 2 million migrants coming into the country with this bill. Plus they would get immediate citizenship. We should be thankful to the electorate for seeing the ultra left and dems for what they were doing, eliminating half the population. Thank American citizens. You saved America and the world. Now the hard work starts and stop the dems from undermining Trump during his presidency. Let us be kind to the dems. Love will prevail over hate. Carrying anger gets you nowhere. Anger is the punishment one gives oneself, for another one’s mistake.
What a good thing for AMERICA and AMERICANS.Now I hope that we don’t enter the pelosi,schumer,schiffy era like his last presidency where he had to do most things by himself.The democRATS were no help and some Republicans no better.The best thing that you can say about him,NOT A POLITICIAN.
This what makes him a great President he is never been taken down he gets back up fighting. He has faced so many people that did what they could to take him down and they all know who they are and I am sure Biden and Harris know who they are. I am sure this country will get back to being great again all thanks to President Trump and his team.God Bless President Trump and his family.
My hope if that all the main stream media pundits will get out of this country!! They have been to blame for most of the trouble in this country with their out right lies and not reporting what was really happening. They would not tell us about the real facts of Jan 6th, pushing a narrative of hate. SO glad Liz Chaney decided to go to “the other side”. She is not needed in the Republican party, and this coming from a former Democrat. I am no longer a Democratic voter. There are very few in the party I would waste my vote on. Thank God some really true patriots decided to leave the party and come over to the :good side:!!! Now maybe we will see some real progress in our government when President Trump cleans up the swamp that is in Washington, DC. He must first release all those people from Jan 6th that are imprisoned wrongly. That was a total sham, and those people are paying a heavy price. There were some who should be held accountable, but there are also those in the government who should be as well. Hopefully, that will happen. The media and others in the government are worried they will be prosecuted. That is because they are guilty of a cover up of Biden’s condition, Jan 6th, or all the other sham trials President Trump has had to go through. It has been proven that these so called prosecutors colluded with the Biden Administration to keep President Trump from running. ALL of the charges against him should be dismissed at once!!!! Me, with my limited knowledge of law, saw right through their crap. Anyone with a brain could figure it out what they were trying to do. We must keep fighting to keep this country free of these Socialist pundits who are trying to turn this country into China, Russia, North Korea, etc., etc., etc. The Republican Party needs to continue registering voters who believe in this country. And people need to get out and vote. We must fight for this country to keep it free !! !! This is as an important fight as the Revolutionary War was!!! God bless this country and all in it. Give President Trump the strength, courage, and knowledge to lead this country out of the mess the past administration has gotten us into. Guide the Congress to do what is right and best for us. Open the eyes of those who have been working against the American people to advance their own agenda that has caused great harm to so many of us. We are a great nation, but we have to work to keep it that way. It will take all of us.
All the indictments, trials, twisted laws and lawyers, and rogue judges, lies about his character in a woman’s dressing room a decade ago, the vicious ways those of the laws tried to put him in jail, keep him forever out of public life, making themselves idiots trying to bankrupt him in NY COURTS with TRUMP HATING judgers, have reduce the Big Apple and the CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
“Glad to be an American at least I know I’m free and I won’t forget the men who dies and gave that right to me…….” Lee Greenwood.
Every person on planet Earth won when Pres Trump and team won this election, whether they know it or not. I am excited about the future.
Thank God!
After the last two election cycles, I was losing faith in my fellow Americans ability to reason rationally. Trumps resounding victory speaks volumes as to the direction the majority of Americans prefer our country will head going forward.
Trump’s “come-back” win is fantastic and a moral booster for not only our nation, but many other parts of the world. But, stay on your guard. The progressive/socialists are still holding office at this point and can do major damage in the space between now and Donald Trump actually being sworn into office.
Don’t stop praying for him. Listening to K’s speech, “we will fight and we will win,” I get the feeling they are going to try to pull off another coup somehow. January 20 is a long way off.
I know you said you won’t, but just for me, maybe a little revenge against the whole evil corrupt crooked joe justice department ( and jack smith) would be nice, huh??
Celebrate but let’s look at it realistically: if the Democrats had held a primary the outcome may have been completely different. Trump has too many negatives, some earned, some given by the press. He needs to hit the ground running on his first day and ACCOMPLISH!
I thank our Lord and ( once again) Savior Jesus Christ for stepping in and rescuing “U.S” – ????????????????????????
I am very pleased to be wrong about the steal. Taking all the abuse he has, this guy has real guts and I for one am anxious to see how the years ahead go down.
I’m a MAGA since 2015, proud to say because I believed in the sincerity, directness, transparency of Donald Trump. But if I weren’t, the greatest reason for endorsing Trump is the fear of the Democratic Party. The fear that comes from the Lawfare, the weaponization of DOJ, the hiring of IRS Agents and arming them, relaxed justice for criminals and wondering if for the slightest whim my front door is breached by armed Agents.
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Trump has a huge job ahead of him, but already he has a better team in place to help. I expect there will be good results very quickly, as he promised.
The democrats bought and paid for commie-socialist press does not quit. President Donald Trump is going to win EVERY swing state, yet I just saw and article that said the democrats are winning everyone. Among the hundreds of first things to do list President Donald Trump needs to hold the Press Accountable for their many lies they’ve been reporting. All the victims of the Presses reports of bogus lies need to band together and sue them all for slandering them. The Press is supposed to be a neutral entity but instead has become nothing more than a weapon for the democrats’ agendas and it must cease.
This election was a reckoning! God blessed America!
Now it’s on to 2028 and let’s win there.
Thank you AMAC for disintegrating apeus!! Vile, trash talking far leftist who had no business on this sight. We don’t need trash talkers on a friendly conversation.
Hi from France, do you know a majority of french don’t like the président Trump, the survey say this, a majority only, not all the french, we can hear already on french médias some supporters of the Trump ‘s program, only a few yes, the Europ and the usa can stay different but they need a boss for the next years
Good article Shane Harris. Hey fellow Buckeye, remember back in spring 2022, Trump started with a rally in Wellington Ohio to get rid of RINO congressman Anthony Gonzales in the midterms. Trump just steamrolled from there!!
God bless America and all the garbage and basket of deplorables that voted for Donald Trump all the good Americans who saved this fabulous country..
All I can say is “Thanks be to God” and “HalleluYah”!!!!!!!!!!
Trump won because his message was what people wanted: PEACE, SECURITY & UNITY, whereas Kamala’s message was; hate, divisiveness, lies & deceptions. Who in their right mind would want the Democrat’s agenda? God blessed & saved Trump for us and for World Peace. Thank you Lord!
This election was a reckoning!