Just how big was Donald Trump’s election victory?
The US president-elect has emphasised the scale of his win – but data shows that most voters picked someone else.
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He beat Democratic rival Kamala Harris in all seven closely watched swing states, giving him a decisive advantage overall.
Trump’s party has also won both chambers of Congress, giving the returning president considerable power to enact his agenda.
He has broadened his appeal across nearly all groups of voters since his 2020 defeat. And in doing so he pulled off a comeback unmatched by any previously defeated president in modern history.
But the data suggests it was a much closer contest than he and his allies are suggesting.
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