Trump collected 312 electoral votes in 2024, the most by a Republican since George H.W. Bush in 1988, won the popular vote for the first time a Republican has done so since 2004, secured the Senate, is on track to control the House, and has Republican-controlled state legislatures and a Trump/Bush-appointed Supreme Court majority—a situation last matched when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1936.
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Bill WhalenEvidence Quote
“Donald Trump has collected 312 electoral votes that's the most by a republican since George HW Bush in 1988... the last president America to have this situation in when it came in office was Franklin Roosevelt in 1936”
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The Comeback: The NYT’s Bret Stephens and the GoodFellows Recap the ’24 Election— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:46:20 AM
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