It can take a whole month to count absolutely all the votes in the American election. But preliminary results show that Donald Trump has not only won this year’s presidential election – he has probably also received the most individual votes and thus won “the popular vote”. – Winning the popular vote was very nice. A great feeling of love, Trump said from the podium during his victory speech in Florida on Wednesday morning. AP’s measurements show that Trump has so far received 72.6 million votes while Kamala Harris has received 67.9 million Now there is only counting left in Nevada and Arizona. Trump also leads here. YOUNG MEN: Donald Trump particularly tried to appeal to young men in the election campaign. Here, Trump supporters celebrate during a vigil in Wisconsin. Photo: Andy Manis / AFP Last time Trump won the election, it was rival candidate Hillary Clinton who received the most votes. “A small earthquake” Trump was confident that he was going to win the election this time. But neither the experts nor Trump himself had predicted that he would get the most individual votes. On Monday, Trump acknowledged that it would be difficult to get the most votes, because he is not popular in the three most populous cities. – When the Democrats are the biggest in New York, Illinois and California, they automatically win, stupidly enough, Trump said at a public meeting in Virginia on Monday. Although Harris received the most votes in all three of these states, it was not enough to receive the most votes overall. Eirik Løkke, US expert at the Civita think tank, says that it is particularly surprising that Trump received the most individual votes. He calls it “a small earthquake”. In American presidential elections, it is not always the case that the candidate who receives the most votes wins the election. The individual votes go to each state’s designated electors. They in turn must vote for the candidate who gets more than 50 percent of the votes. The purpose is to ensure that all states have a certain influence on the election, regardless of population and size. Trump sowed doubts at the previous election When the election winner does not get the most individual votes, a discussion usually arises about the electoral system. When Trump won the presidential election in 2016, 2.9 million more Americans voted for rival candidate Hillary Clinton. Many of Clinton’s supporters used the result as an argument for changing the electoral system. The belief that Donald Trump will fix the economy is strong among supporters. Photo: Chris Szagola / AP That time, Trump was not satisfied with just winning the election. He went hard and cast doubt on the result. “Millions of votes” may have been illegal, he said, which turned out to be wrong. In 2016, Trump said that he could easily win the most votes if he had advocated it during the election campaign. Four years later, Joe Biden won “the popular vote” with a margin of around 7 million individual votes. Trump supporters cheer at a vigil in the swing state of Georgia, where Donald Trump has won the most electoral votes. Photo: Eloisa Lopez / Reuters A big advantage Despite the fact that it was not expected that Trump would get the most votes this year, the New York Times speculated in advance whether he could have a fight. The newspaper pointed to several factors which, in that case, could explain such an outcome. Opinion polls have shown that Trump has a clear advantage when it comes to the voters’ most important issue, namely the economy. Many trust him more than Harris on this particular point. In addition, dissatisfaction with the White House and incumbent President Joe Biden is strong, something that could have been a big advantage for Trump. Published 07.11.2024, at 08.52 Updated 07.11.2024, at 08.55
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