Voter turnout 2024: How does it compare to 2020?

NBC’s Steve Kornacki joins TODAY to break down what the voting turnout was like in the 2024 race for the White House. He talks about which swing states had high turnout and what motivated certain demographics to head to the polls.
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[@chrismechanic6164]

Well i guess he's saying that once all the votes have been counted and turned in we will have a total close to that of 2020. We shall see because right now some 16 to 20 million democrats seem to have fell off the planet after 2020.

[@TileBitan]

81-67 = 14 million. Trump himself is down 3 mil. 2020 was an election won by a coalition of center right and the entire left wing of the democrat party, but 4 years of government facing increasing inmigration, the war in Ukraine (along with the inflationary period) and the Gaza war left the party severily crippled

[@Fluxwux]

Right now there is about 13 million less democrat votes than in 2020. But far from all votes have been counted - especially in California with only 55% reported votes as time of writing. Meaning we can expect 4-5 million additional democrat votes from California. And in the rest of the country there is several millions additional democrat votes waiting to be counted too. In the end the difference between 2020 and 2024 will be a few millions, which is nothing extraordinary considering the giant shift in traditionally democrat voting Latino voters going towards Trump, apathy towards the democrats with Arab Americans and Gen Z voters because the war in Palestine and the fact that the unemployment rates and working from home numbers in 2020 gave lots of people more free time to have time to vote.

[@tammyboykin5285]

13 million now but for sure less than 2020

[@dloor]

It really makes me wonder how those 16 to 20 million democrat votes "suddenly" appeared in 2020 when the democrats are consistently between 60 - 65 million votes

[@TimeSquareTitts]

Could be those 16-20 million people never existed in 2020

[@arongilbert5828]

If this election had record turnout, how are there million less voters than 2020?

[@jamesburns2232]

There were 15 million counterfeit ballots manufactured by the Democrat machine in Chicago - then distributed nationwide - and counted for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The Democrats under Obama and Biden then opened the borders to any and all who showed up hoping to cover up for the anomaly.

[@docastrov9013]

Something doesn't math.

[@TraceguyRune]

As Joe Biden once said "We believe truth over facts"

[@ianleary5780]

Biden got 81 million votes in 2020. Harris got 67 million votes in 2024. Of the 14 million vote deficit for Harris, about 3.5 million voted for Trump because the price of eggs is too high, while 11 million simply didn't show up. Democrats don't really know their own voters, which is why they are whipsawed between feast and famine.

[@Fluxwux]

Deep blue California is at 55% vote count and nationwide it’s at 87%. We can expect like 5-10 million additional democrat votes coming in - meaning the difference from 2020 will be anything from 2-7 million less votes for the democrats. Not that strange considering the massive red wave with Latino voters, apathetic Arab and Gen Z voters hating both candidates and the fact that covid just made more people have more free time to vote due to unemployment or working from home.

[@GallowayJesse]

Look at the previous elections & you'll see that 2020 was the outlier. So what's not mathing now?

[@Republitarian-g4h]

​@@GallowayJessetrump won 2020. That's mathing.

[@Savalatte]

You also have to keep in mind that in 2020 the population was roughly 329.5 million vs. 346 million in 2024, so roughly 16 million more people as well. I know they're still counting votes but it's really interesting that the vote count isn't higher than it is.

[@TimeSquareTitts]

A lot of lawsuits forced states to clean up voting roles eliminating dead people those out of state and unqualified Texas eliminated over a million people.

[@ThisDique]

Citizens birthrate and legal immigration rate clearly doesn't support the population growth.

[@jb894]

Where did the 10 million voters go?

[@TEGRIDY_FARMS]

California alone still has 8 million votes to be counted. She still may win the popular vote. Not likely, but maybe.

[@GallowayJesse]

Look at the previous elections beside 2020. The question should be "where did the 20 million votes come from (in 2020)?"

[@Peg-zl9lr]

As of today @ 5 million California voters missing as comparedto 2020. @TEGRIDY_FARMS

[@martinf1961]

Must have been covid that took them out? Lol

[@cartertucker8915]

Howd Biden get 81,000,000 votes then?

[@Fluxwux]

Harris have about 69 million votes at the time of writing. But in California (the biggest but by far slowest counting state) only 55% of the votes are counted, meaning there are about 5 million additional democrat votes coming in. And throwing in the rest of the country that isn’t done counting we can expect a few million votes more (with lots for Trump too). Probably putting the final democratic vote tally at roughly 76 million. Only a drop with about 5 million compared to 2020, which isn’t weird considering the massive realignment of Latino and other minority voters shifting sides in droves, apathetic Arab and Gen Z voters boycotting Harris due to the war in Gaza and the fact that in 2020 lots more people were unemployed or worked from home and had way more free time to vote due to covid - and thus didn’t vote in 2024 due to work.

[@QuangNguyen-ng5zh]

Mail in votes were allowed in most liberal states

[@tammyboykin5285]

Republican hasn't won the popular vote in a long time so I just don't buy it

[@meisievannancy]

More than 20 million were fake.

[@TyranyFighterPatriot]

Fake ones or duplocates fore sure​@@QuangNguyen-ng5zh

[@colleenc9286]

Funny how we had a record turnout but 20 million fewer??.? No mathematical possibility

[@picnicsandstars]

I think it’s because even in states where it won’t make a difference and the race has been called, they’ve still got a ton of votes left to count. In the video he said there were still millions to go in California alone.

[@karlm2797]

Yeah somehow we are short of 2020 turnout by 16 million votes. If those come in, Harris may still win the popular vote, hard to know. But right now the math doesn't add up unless turnout was way down.

[@ianleary5780]

The early voting was remarkable, not the total. As always, Democrats failed to show up for anything less than a 5-alarm fire.

[@DoctorHogback]

@@karlm2797zero chance she can win popular vote. Trump is too far ahead. All betting markets have him at 100%

[@trademark4537]

​@@karlm2797There are still millions of votes to count.

[@HS-ix5se]

What happened to the 13 million? Seems odd

[@michal5179]

Only 63% reporting in California. Not all votes have been counted yet.

[@magsoj]

And in 2020 there was Covid so youwould think less voter turnout.

[@seanbrummfield448]

No. It makes sense. If that year was so bad, why would it be lower? 2020 was just motivated voters. 2024, was just the loss of them.

[@Selrisitai]

Well, there was a lot of mail-in ballots and harvesting. Basically, people didn't have to put in the effort to vote, they were mailed a ballot, then someone would show up to retrieve the ballot and help them fill it out if needed.

[@tammyboykin5285]

What's weird personally in my County it said that we had more registered voters in 2020 then we have now. It looked like in 2020 we have over 1 million registered voters in my county in Florida but this year we only have like 800,000. Now it says the turnout was only like 60 something percent back then and that was like 84% but 84% of less voters is less voters

[@TimeSquareTitts]

Florida vetted their roles this year got rid of out of staters illegals and dead. Texas eliminated a million from their roles.

[@a_1itt1e_1ady]

Weird that I can't find the picture on the board ANYWHERE ONLINE

[@Fedup1234]

Amazing to think that in the most important election ever that it appears that overall less people in the total electorate voted in 2024 versus 2020! Would it have anything to do with the fact that the much maligned and questionable postal votes didn't materialise in the numbers they did as they did in 2020. To me I would have thought more people would have voted but no approx 2.5 million less votes this time. Please do your own research and check it out.....

[@Selrisitai]

So now it's only 2.5 million? Lol.

[@innopva9973]

steve its not even close to 158 what are you talking about. 150 or so max

[@JamilKhan-hk1wl]

Many states still havent finish the counting. Yes trump won but theres still votes remaininv

[@stablegenius375]

Sorry where are Beyonce and Lady Gaga ?

[@57briben]

haunting your brain.

[@iankearns774]

@@57briben Trump is in yours.

[@MrSinEon]

Two votes

[@DelphiDelphi123]

buyer's remorse in 1 year

[@creativename7230]

Did you watch the telephone music video? They said they'd never come back

[@atropineman3541]

In PA 2020 3M mail in 2024 2M

[@seanbrummfield448]

This year was just a loss of the motivation to vote.😢

[@djdjdax2253]

He was lookin like u look crazy 😂

[@Erakius323]

Steve seems way more into this then the woman is. Love his enthusiasm. :)

[@FreddyJong-co6cb]

Asians/legal immigrants/Legal refugees for trump 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@amesblitz339]

Refugees can't vote, they aren't given automatic citizenship.

[@Mohgenstein]

I legit know illegal immigrants who said they’d vote for trump if they could.

[@lewis0705]

chickens for kfc

[@AP___]

@@lewis0705what do you mean? These are legal US citizens

[@SKM.16]

Sad how they lost with all those superstars😮

[@pandasoysaucin450]

Superstars don’t truly know how the middle working class and poor feel they only know there own emotions and wealth.

[@Adam-zh4hm]

Celebrity opinions have never meant anything. The left will never learn that

[@45hoynejr70]

What’s sad of is the money wasted

[@karlm2797]

Well I mean Trump had Hulk Hogan so the Dems never stood a chance.

[@ianleary5780]

Democratic voters are poor citizens. They turn out to vote when they are in enough pain but at no other time. Clinton was elected in 1992 due to recession. Obama was elected in 2008 due to recession. Biden was elected in 2020 in the midst of a major crisis with economic repercussions. That's when a decisive number of Democrats show up to vote. Otherwise, they lack commitment. Republicans are committed. That's how a minority of voters just won the popular vote and all three branches of the federal government. Put a Democrat in thumb screws, and she'll vote to stop the pain. Tell her the country needs her, and she'll shrug her shoulders.

[@sunvirgo2020]

Class??????

[@karenmbbaxter]

thank you to everyone who voted regardless of which candidate you supported.

[@Benita399]

The math ain’t mathing Trump won in 2020 too

[@Cwinch]

Bigger turnout in 2020? Less people turned out to vote this year, how is that hard to understand? If the 2020 election was rigged, which there’s no proof of, why wouldn’t they rig the 2024 election?

[@jsamc8420]

They on the low down about that.

[@Cwinch]

@@Benita399 ignorance

[@seanbrummfield448]

Not true. 2020 was a bad year. A really bad year for some of us. So, if we voted against Trump for his handling of the nation then we did. 2020 was just motivated voters. 2024 was just the loss of them. For Kamala's defense, a lot of "supposed to be Democrat voters" just didn't go vote. Like me. And it proves it if Trump just won 2 million more votes, while Kamala didn't even come close to Biden's 81 million motivated voters. And if honestly, if you think of the population growth pace of the country and for Trump to just win 2 million more votes than 2020 and Kamala to not get above 75 million, what it really shows is that Americans weren't to keen of either candidate. Nothing really changed for Trump, but a lot did for the new Democrat candidate. The Democrat hype to oust Trump from office in 2020 is over, too much is going on, we just don't know anymore. And really starting to not care.

[@WernerVonWeener]

@@seanbrummfield448 you're an embarrassment

[@RMRetief1111]

TDS making Hoda choke 😂

[@PacificCoastWayside]

Choke like MAGA wanted Mike Pence to on Jan6?

[@donniemoder1466]

Steven K, just stop with the, it isn't over, stuff, it is way way way over.

[@isaacmoreno3409]

Trump 2024

[@57briben]

nothin gets by you does it, lol

[@alexy8520]

@@57briben Isaac from Moscow has his finger on the pulse!!

[@michaelrobinson529]

So 2020 had -68 million voters& despite record votes across at least 9 battleground states, the current vote is approximately 105million. Did I get that right?

[@Martman321]

No, you did not

[@Mohgenstein]

You tried

[@ianleary5780]

Today's numbers show 68 million for Harris, 73 million for Trump. Biden got 81 million votes in 2020. Even then, he squeaked out victories in the battleground states by less than 300,000 total votes between all of them. Harris has 13 million fewer votes. It's really no more complex than that.

[@GallowayJesse]

2020 is the outlier. Voter turnout is consistent with every recent election EXCEPT 2020 but nobody wants to have THAT conversation it seems.

[@Peg-zl9lr]

I do. As of today California had @ 5 million more voters in 2020 than 2024.​@@GallowayJesse

[@RoamingUndertheStars]

Kammie needs to concede and unburden everyone by what has been

[@swank1957]

At she least won’t cry about it for years to come unlike someone else

[@goldenbacon1888]

Well, you see I come from a middle class family HAHAHA 😝

[@johnwolf2829]

No Democrat has conceded within 24 hours since the 1980s. It tells you something, eh?

[@picnicsandstars]

Did some digging but this looks completely untrue? Looks like George W Bush conceded that night, Hillary the next morning, and Kamala’s scheduled to in half an hour. That’s all of them. Also, Trump didn’t concede within 24 hours last time?

[@andremadeira6916]

Trump won , enjoy it like you should. Do something right once in your life

[@amesblitz339]

Any POC who voted for Trumpty Dumpty, you're about to enter phase 2, finding out. Don't come crying to us when that inevitably happens.

[@iankearns774]

No one will, would you like a tissue?

[@Mohgenstein]

They’ll find a way to blame the dems even though the republicans won senate and are likely to control the house.

[@TheSkinnay1]

Find out how? Everyone will continue with their lives as normal. The fear-mongering didn’t work. Come up with a new tactic or lose again in 2028.

[@phillipcassady8339]

right, watch out or peace might break out

[@billpetersen7498]

4 more years of the current debacle is unsustainable...PERIOD

[@FreddyJong-co6cb]

Trump 3rd term Whoopi anna joy cry me a river 2028😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@57briben]

An American president can only serve 2 terms. How long does your country's leader serve?

[@Rikkisio]

Im a trump supporter and i support a 3rd term

[@amesblitz339]

@Rikki, good to know you hate the Constitution, just like your Orange Jesus.

[@guyfierimtwi]

ah yes country accent nonsense

[@ianleary5780]

@@Rikkisio Thanks for that. I'm taking a screen shot that I will show whenever a Republican claims that the GOP is pro-Constitution.

[@Chuck-js8dy]

America voted Harris and Tampon Tim out😂😂