More than 1/3 of Americans rejected both Trump and Harris

Maps of red and blue don't tell the full story

It might be daunting to look at a map like this.

On the surface, it would appear as though most of the country supports Donald Trump for president — but in reality, that’s not exactly the case.

According to a recent count from the University of Florida's US Election Project, some 89 million voting eligible Americans did not vote, or about 36%.

As of November 11th, Trump held 74.8 million votes, or about 50% of total votes cast, but roughly 30% of the total electorate if non-voters are included.

On the flipside, 71.2 million votes went to Harris, or about 48% of the popular vote, but only about 29% if non-voters are included.

In other words, votes of ‘no confidence’ amounted to a bigger share of the electorate than votes for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.

The fact that more voters turned out for Biden in 2020 than they did for Harris in 2024 is also interesting, and could be explained by her support for the war in Ukraine and/or her support for Israel’s US-funded bloodbath in Gaza.

But the majority of the voting eligible population also didn’t turn out for Trump, which could be explained by his numerous broken promises after running in 2016, or perhaps even by his own support for the genocide in Gaza.

Either way, it’s easy to look at maps of red and blue and falsely assume that a majority of the country supports Donald Trump when that’s just not the case. Half the country didn’t vote for Trump, and half the country also didn’t vote for Harris.

About a third of eligible voters told both parties to piss off and just stayed home.