| | Trump's [[conservative populism]] has attracted many millions of new voters to the [[Republican Party]]. In the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]], Trump received at least a record-smashing 74+ million lawful votes, many in the key [[swing states]]. Drawing crowds 500 times larger than [[Democrats]]', Trump defeated [[Joe Biden]] in the voting on [[Election Day]] but millions of votes cast by [[Democrat]] [[ballot harvesting]] and unverified signatures on mail-in ballots (particularly in [[swing states]]) flipped the reported outcome amid suspected [[election fraud]].<ref> | | Trump's [[conservative populism]] has attracted many millions of new voters to the [[Republican Party]]. In the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]], Trump received at least a record-smashing 74+ million lawful votes, many in the key [[swing states]]. Drawing crowds 500 times larger than [[Democrats]]', Trump defeated [[Joe Biden]] in the voting on [[Election Day]] but millions of votes cast by [[Democrat]] [[ballot harvesting]] and unverified signatures on mail-in ballots (particularly in [[swing states]]) flipped the reported outcome amid suspected [[election fraud]].<ref> |
| − | [https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2022/election_integrity_most_voters_still_suspect_cheating Election Integrity: Most Voters Still Suspect Cheating], Rassmussen Reports, May 25, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/biden-2020-win-tainted-56-say-it-was-a-cheaters-paradise Biden 2020 win ‘tainted,’ 56% say it was a cheater’s paradise], by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist, October 11, 2021.</ref> | + | [https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2022/election_integrity_most_voters_still_suspect_cheating Election Integrity: Most Voters Still Suspect Cheating], Rassmussen Reports, May 25, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/biden-2020-win-tainted-56-say-it-was-a-cheaters-paradise Biden 2020 win ‘tainted,’ 56% say it was a cheater’s paradise], by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist, October 11, 2021.</ref> 4 years later, Trump defeated his Democrat opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the [[2024 presidential election]] in what was labelled by several news sources including the ''[[Financial Times]]'', ''[[The Telegraph]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'' as a "landslide".<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/002fe4ce-14f3-44b5-a617-6015d0c3e11d#post-222fd294-1655-4587-a6a1-b99e890404be US election 2024 as it happened]</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/11/06/donald-trump-showing-early-signs-of-winning-election/ Trump says he has ‘unprecedented and powerful mandate’ after securing election win]</ref> |