Donald Trump, a defeated president in 2020 and a convicted felon in 2024, reclaimed the White House with a one-of-a-kind campaign that relied on a new kind of turnout operation that hinged on a familiar issue: the economy.
An oft-maligned turnout operation produced enough young men, Black men and Hispanic voters to prevail over Vice President Kamala Harris in key battleground states, including Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
In an election similar to Trump's 2016 victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the outcome in 2024 also turned on immigration and the economy, particularly the high inflation rates of recent years under the Biden administration.
"We were still too close to when inflation peaked," said anti-Trump Republican strategist Liz Mair.
