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The 2024 elections are over, and Donald Trump has swept the polls. As with every election, CallHub is proud of our role in helping campaigns make millions of connections during this election cycle.
For those of us at CallHub, it was an exceptionally dynamic year. We powered 60 million election-related calls and 40 million texts for nationwide campaigns through tools like Phonebanking, Peer-to-Peer Texting, Voice Broadcasts, Relational Organizing, and Workflows.
But it wasn’t just digital engagement that made a difference. Traditional outreach tactics like door-to-door canvassing and direct mailers also played crucial roles, resonating with communities and senior voters who appreciate a personal touch.
So today, we will look at some of the interesting changes the ballot box has brought to us. We hope this inspires you to campaign, electioneer, and make a difference.
History made in 2024
- Grover Cleveland (1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897) was the only President with non-consecutive terms. President-elect Trump now breaks that streak and becomes the second one.
- For the first time in history, the United States has a sitting congressperson who is transgender. Congratulations to Sarah McBride. She won in a year where a historic amount of anti-trans ads were blared across TV screens in America.
Image source: Sarah McBride website
- Trump won Starr County, Texas, the most Hispanic county in America, by 16 points. The last time it voted Republican was in 1892.
- Donald Trump also won Anson County, North Carolina, which is 40% Black. Trump became the second Republican to win this county since the 1870s, the last time being in the 1970s.
- US Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester defeated Republican Eric Hansen in Delaware’s US Senate race. Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate.
- Suhas Subramanyam also created history by becoming the first Indian American elected from Virginia and the entire East Coast.
- Eighty-two million votes were sent in early this time, primarily by mail-in ballot. This is 50% of the total number of voters in 2020. This proves that early voting, especially mail-in ballots, is the way to the future. (Republicans learned their lessons from 2020).
- Representative Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico won his second consecutive victory over Yvette Herrell. Vasquez is the first Democrat in nearly half a century to win re-election in the state’s Second Congressional District.
Ballot Initiatives in 2024:
- Abortion remained one of the most divisive issues. In Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota, voters approved state-level abortion bans, while New York, Maryland, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, and Nevada moved to enshrine abortion rights in their constitutions. Despite the rollback of federal protections, state-level actions show the complexity of abortion as a state-by-state issue.
- California and Nevada asked citizens if they wanted to bar slavery in any form and repeal a current provision allowing involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime. California said no. Nevada said yes.
Image: Image by Justice K from Pixabay
- Colorado’s Proposition 127 asked citizens if they wanted to ‘prohibit killing a mountain lion, bobcat or lynx, except to defend human life.’ This didn’t pass. They really don’t like those lions in that state.
- Florida citizens voted for a constitutional right to hunt and fish because they wanted this right enshrined in the law.
- Indiana revised the line of succession for their Governor. This proposed amendment to Indiana’s constitution would remove the superintendent of public instruction from the line of succession if a governor dies or leaves office before the end of a term. This passed, even though the Superintendent of Public Instruction position was abolished in 2021, being replaced by the Secretary of Education, who the governor appoints.
- Maine asked its citizens to replace the state’s current flag (which features the state’s coat of arms) with a flag featuring a pine tree and a star – harking back to the state’s first flag. This didn’t pass because they liked the old one, more than the older one.
- South Dakota wanted to insert gender-neutral wording into the state constitution. This proposed amendment would replace male pronouns with gender-neutral wording, but it didn’t pass—perhaps a sign of the nation’s current trend.
- And finally, a Washington state ballot measure ensures access to natural gas in homes and other buildings. It repeals a state law requiring plans to transition from natural gas to electricity. This passed, also signaling a departure from the push for electrification.
The Importance of Deeper Voter Engagement
In the end, while tech like CallHub enabled millions of quick connections, traditional methods like door-to-door canvassing and direct mailers proved irreplaceable in 2024 as well.
The 2024 election has shown that the future of campaign outreach lies in digital advancement and genuine, person-to-person engagement.
We’re honored to support that mission and excited to help campaigns continue innovating for even more impactful voter engagement.
Feature Image Source: Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay
