How many votes did Harris get in the last election?

1. What the public record says about “how many votes Harris got”

National news outlets reported both electoral and popular‑vote totals after the November 5–6, 2024 election; Reuters’ compiled results show Kamala Harris received 48.3% of the national popular vote compared with Donald Trump’s 49.9% and listed her with 226 electoral votes to Trump’s 312 ^[1]. Major outlets such as CNN provided real‑time vote counts and maps during tabulation ^[2], and AP published live coverage noting Harris conceded after the result ^[3].

2. Differences between “votes” and “electoral votes” — why the question matters

When people ask “how many votes did Harris get,” they may mean (a) the raw national popular‑vote total, (b) the percentage share of the popular vote, or (c) Electoral College votes that determine the presidency. Reuters gives her percentage (48.3%) and electoral votes ^[5] in its results summary ^[1]; CNN and AP maintained live tallies and maps that distinguish state popular totals from electoral votes ^{[2] [3]}. Be explicit which metric you want: percentage or raw vote count, and whether you mean national or state level.

3. Where to find the exact raw vote totals and state breakdowns

Real‑time and archived results pages from outlets such as CNN, Reuters and the AP provide downloadable or screen‑readable tallies and state maps ^{[2] [1] [3]}. Wikipedia’s 2024 election page and the Kamala Harris campaign entry summarize outcomes and link to source reporting ^{[4] [6]}. For official precinct‑level or certified raw numbers, state election offices post reports; local county sites (for example, Harris County pages) host local returns ^[7] though the sources provided here are primarily national outlets ^{[8] [9]}.

4. Context on turnout and shifting coalitions that affected Harris’s total

Analysts later explored why Trump prevailed despite traditional Democratic advantages in some groups. Pew Research’s analysis finds notable shifts in 2024 turnout and vote patterns — for example, tighter margins among Hispanic and Asian voters and Trump improving with some Black voters — elements that changed the raw vote dynamics compared with 2020 ^[10]. That analysis helps explain how percentage swings and turnout composition, not just absolute numbers, shaped the final vote totals reported by Reuters and others ^{[1] [10]}.

5. Conflicting or confusing reports and how to treat them

Some interactive trackers and timeline updates changed headlines as returns came in; Reuters’ live page, for instance, showed updates where state calls led to differing snapshot headlines during tabulation ^[1]. Live‑update pages from CNN and AP carried provisional numbers until states certified totals ^{[2] [3]}. Use final, certified state reports or consolidated final tables from established aggregators (Reuters/AP) for definitive counts ^{[1] [3]}.

6. What the sources do not say (limitations)

Available sources here give percentages, electoral votes, and narrative coverage but do not include a single quoted raw national vote total number for Harris within the snippets provided; Reuters supplies percentage and electoral totals in its summary ^[1], while CNN and AP offer live tallies and maps without a raw national figure visible in these excerpts ^{[2] [3]}. If you want the exact certified national popular‑vote count (a specific integer of votes), those precise raw totals are not visible in the provided excerpts and would require consulting the full Reuters/CNN/AP result pages or state certification reports (not found in current reporting excerpts).

If you want, I can pull the exact certified raw vote total for Harris from the Reuters or AP final result pages referenced here ^{[1] [3]}, or extract state‑by‑state raw counts from the CNN live results page ^[2]. Which would you prefer?