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Fact check: Statewide percentage democrate votes and republican votes

Checked on August 16, 2025

1. Summary of the results

The analyses reveal limited availability of comprehensive statewide Democratic and Republican vote percentages across all 50 states. Most sources examined provide either national-level data or individual state examples rather than complete statewide breakdowns.

Available specific data includes:

  • Minnesota results: 50.92% Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 46.68% Republican in the presidential election [1]
  • National totals: 49.9% for Donald Trump, 48.4% for Kamala Harris [2]
  • Demographic breakdowns: 55% of men voted for Trump, 46% of women voted for Trump, 55% of White voters voted for Trump, 15% of Black voters voted for Trump, and 48% of Hispanic voters voted for Trump [3]

Multiple sources acknowledge that Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election [4] [3], but the analyses consistently note that comprehensive statewide percentages are not readily provided in the examined sources [5] [4].

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original query lacks several crucial contextual elements:

  • No specification of which election - presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, or local races
  • No time frame specified - whether referring to 2024, 2022, or historical elections
  • No state specification - whether seeking data for all states, specific states, or particular regions

The analyses reveal that while election results are publicly available through official sources like state secretary of state offices [1] and major news organizations [5] [4], the data is often organized by individual state rather than compiled into comprehensive national summaries.

Alternative data presentations include:

  • Demographic voting patterns rather than pure party percentages [3]
  • Electoral college results versus popular vote percentages
  • Interactive maps and visualization tools [6] that may require user interaction to access specific state data

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original statement contains no inherent misinformation or bias, but its extreme brevity creates potential for misinterpretation. The lack of specificity could lead to:

  • Confusion about data scope - users might expect a single, simple answer when election data is complex and multifaceted
  • Oversimplification of electoral processes - reducing complex electoral outcomes to simple percentages without context about electoral systems, voter turnout, or demographic factors

The analyses suggest that comprehensive statewide percentage data exists but requires accessing multiple sources [5], indicating the original query may have unrealistic expectations about data availability in a single source. This could inadvertently promote the misconception that election data should be immediately accessible in simplified formats, when in reality, democratic transparency requires detailed, state-by-state reporting through official channels.

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