The 2024 election was the first in two decades that saw a Republican popular vote victory. The trends since 2004 illustrate extreme changes in the two parties.

Hillary Clinton continues to hold a slim lead in the popular vote over Donald Trump, but he is the president-elect because of his decisive lead in the winner-take-all Electoral College.

But Tuesday's election showed that the Electoral College map is more fluid than many people believed. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, considered reliably Democratic, swung Republican. Need a break?

On December 19th, the members of the Electoral College will cast their ballots for the President ... the overwhelming message has been to rise above it, to be the bigger person, to forgive.