Trump Made Double-Digit Gains in 2 Blue States: See the Breakdown
President-elect Donald Trump was able to make significant, double-digit gains in two Democrat-controlled states during Tuesday's election.
It means Trump erased about a 12-point deficit in the Garden State, and he was able to flip five counties red.
Morris, Passaic, Gloucester, Cumberland, and Atlantic counties went in favor of Biden four years ago. But Trump took those counties on Tuesday.
Statewide, Trump flipped three counties that went in favor of Biden in 2020 and also in favor of Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. They include Nassau County on Lon Island, Clinton County, and Rockland County, election data show.
Trump also flipped two counties that were won by Biden in 2020: Broome County and Essex County.
Within New York City itself, Trump also made gains, including a 5 percent increase in Brooklyn, a 10-point increase in Queens, 11 points in the Bronx, and a 5 point increase in Manhattan. Trump in 2024 won Staten Island with more than 64 percent of the vote, compared with 57 percent in 2020.
Despite Trump's gains across the state, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both Democrats, offered a warning to Trump.
"If you try to harm New Yorkers, or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way," she said at a press conference. "New Yorkers are resilient. We fought the first time around and we'll fight again."
The state's governor, Democrat JB Pritzker, had a similarly combative message when he spoke in a news conference on Thursday.
"To anyone who intends to come take away the freedom and opportunity and dignity of Illinoisans: I would remind you that a happy warrior is still a warrior," he said. "You come for my people, you come through me."
The most populous U.S. state also saw a slight right-ward shift during Tuesday's election, and not only for the presidential election.
While California still has millions of ballots left to count, Trump appears to have posted a modest 5 percent increase in the Golden State over his numbers in 2020. So far, he has 39.8 percent of the vote, while he was only able to garner 34.2 percent in 2020.
California voters, meanwhile, overwhelming passed a ballot referendum that would increase penalties on certain theft and drug offenses, reversing a ballot measure passed about 10 years ago. Proposition 36 cleared with more than 70 percent of the vote.
Trump flipped 10 California counties red: Butte, Nevada, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Inyo, Fresno, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement on Thursday that he will call a special legislative session to respond to Trump's policies and was critical of the president-elect.
