Morning, readers—election results are in with a record for Black women in the Senate, voter support for abortion rights, and the election of Donald Trump over Kamala Harris. Thanks for being with us this morning.
- Making sense of it all. For the second time, Americans rejected the opportunity to elect the country's first female president and sent Donald Trump to the Oval Office. This time the result was more resounding than in 2016—Trump won not just the electoral college over Kamala Harris, but 51% of the popular vote; eight years ago against Hillary Clinton, he won only 46% of the popular vote. Democrats lost the Senate, and Republicans are leading in the House of Representatives.
Already, the post-mortems are underway, and pundits and analysts blame a variety of factors for this outcome, starting with voter frustration with President Joe Biden and a failure of Harris's campaign to separate her from the incumbent. Demographic results of note included a shift of Latino men toward the right and higher-than-expected support for Trump among young voters, especially young men.
