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2024’s quick win for Trump will go down in the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 Election Day landslides

  • Written by Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
imageVoters line up to cast their ballots at a voting location in Bethlehem, Pa., on Nov. 5, 2024. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images

Election nights are always simultaneous moments of triumph and tragedy. One group of voters’ dreams are dashed, while another set of voters see their hopes realized.

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