On November 5, 2024, Donald Trump was elected the 47th President of the United States. He defeated Vice President Kamala Harris with 312 electoral votes to her 226. He won all seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. He won the popular vote by approximately 1.5 percentage points — the first Republican popular vote win since George W. Bush in 2004. Roughly 77 million Americans voted for him.
The Résumé
Let’s be clear about what the electorate knew when they voted:
They knew he had been convicted of 34 felonies in Manhattan. They knew he had been indicted on 91 total criminal charges across four jurisdictions. They knew he had been found liable for sexual abuse by one jury and defamation by another. They knew he had been ordered to pay $88.3 million to E. Jean Carroll and $354 million for civil fraud. They knew he had been impeached twice. They knew he had called for the “termination of the Constitution.” They knew he had taken classified nuclear documents to a bathroom. They knew about January 6. They knew about the fake electors. They knew about the “find me 11,780 votes” call. They knew about all of it.
And 77 million of them said: him.
What It Means
This site exists to document the record. The record is extensive. The record is sourced. The record is public. And on November 5, 2024, the record did not matter enough. Not because the information wasn’t available — it was on every news site, in every courtroom filing, in every indictment document. Not because the consequences weren’t real — people died on January 6, women lost reproductive rights, classified secrets were compromised, democratic institutions were attacked. The information was there. The voters saw it. And enough of them in enough states decided it was acceptable.
The Precedent
The 2024 election established something that cannot be un-established: a convicted felon can be elected president. A twice-impeached candidate can win the popular vote. A man who tried to overturn one election can be rewarded with another. The guardrails that were supposed to prevent this — criminal prosecution, impeachment, public disclosure, media scrutiny, the voters themselves — all failed simultaneously. Not because they didn’t work. Because they worked and it wasn’t enough.
Bottom Line
He won. That’s the fact. He won with the most disqualifying record of any candidate in American history, and he won decisively. There is no spinning this as a close call or a technicality. 312 electoral votes. The popular vote. All seven swing states. The country saw the record and chose him anyway. This site will continue documenting what happens next. Because the record doesn’t stop just because the election did.
Sources
- Wikipedia: 2024 presidential election — Trump 312 EV, Harris 226 EV, popular vote margin, swing state results.
- New York Times: Final election results and state-by-state breakdown.
- Associated Press: 2024 election results and race calls.
- CREW: Status of all 91 criminal charges at time of election.