The Trump Effect: Nationalized Narratives and Congressional Outcomes in the 2024 Elections
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Jamie Carson
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Aaron Hitefield
Abstract
The 2024 elections resulted in a rightward shift, with Republicans taking back both the presidency and Senate while holding onto a very slim majority in the House of Representatives. Despite multiple felony convictions and near constant controversy, Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris to win the presidency and all six of the swing states he had lost to Joe Biden in 2020. Down-ballot Republicans were also successful in their congressional races. Though Democrats had controlled the Senate since 2020, Republicans ultimately flipped four seats to take a 53–47 advantage in the chamber. Lastly, despite some concern among pundits that the dysfunctional Republican leadership in the House could negatively affect Republicans’ reelection chances across the board, Republicans were able to retain the House majority by a narrow margin of 220 to 215. This article highlights the political conditions and circumstances that defined the 2024 contest especially considering the increasingly nationalized nature of U.S. elections.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Prologue to 2024
- Electability and Party Power Across Party Lines
- Understanding the Message(s): Spending and Content of Political Advertising on Television in 2024
- Election Advertising on Meta, Google, and Snapchat in 2024
- From the Podium to the Press: Coverage of Kamala Harris’s 2024 Convention Address
- Pocketbook Voting in a Polarized Era: Economic Vulnerability and Anti-incumbent Voting in Presidential Elections
- The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Public Opinion on the Economy and Immigration Helped Return Trump to the White House, but with No Clear Policy Mandate
- The 2024 Presidential Election Through Latino Lenses: Priorities and Vote Choice
- Less White than Ever? Using Ecological Inference to Probe the Trump Coalition’s Diversity in Louisiana
- The Trump Effect: Nationalized Narratives and Congressional Outcomes in the 2024 Elections
