{"id":1835219,"date":"2024-12-06T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1835219"},"modified":"2024-12-06T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:41:02","slug":"2024-u-s-presidential-election-over-and-underperforming-the-2020-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/12\/2024-u-s-presidential-election-over-and-underperforming-the-2020-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Over- and Underperforming the 2020 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I haven\u2019t seen many maps of the 2024 U.S. presidential election results, but then I haven\u2019t been looking very hard for them either. Last week, CNN posted some charts and maps<\/a> showing where the candidates under- or overperformed relative to the 2020 election. \u201cPerhaps it shouldn\u2019t be surprising that in the states where the campaign was the most hotly contested, more people voted in 2024, whereas in states where one side or the other seemed more likely to win, turnout generally\u00a0<\/strong>dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven\u2019t seen many maps of the 2024 U.S. presidential election results, but then I haven\u2019t been looking very hard for them either. Last week, CNN posted some charts and maps showing where the candidates… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[1709,1422,337,158],"class_list":["post-1835219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-politics","tag-2024-us-elections","tag-election-maps","tag-elections","tag-usa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1844975,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/09\/the-2024-u-s-presidential-election-mapped-at-the-precinct-level\/","url_meta":{"origin":1835219,"position":0},"title":"The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Mapped at the Precinct Level","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 September 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"VoteHub (screenshot) VoteHub has released a precinct-level map of the 2024 U.S. presidential election results that includes vote density as well as margin\u2014in other words, taking into account how many votes are in a district, not just by how much (tempering the fact of winning 90% of the vote in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3170,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/10\/a-primer-on-election-map-cartography\/","url_meta":{"origin":1835219,"position":1},"title":"A Primer on Election Map Cartography","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With\u00a0less than two weeks before the 2016 U.S. presidential election,\u00a0it's time for a refresher on election map cartography, particularly in the context of U.S. presidential elections. 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