Fact-check · Oct 1, 2026 · Donald Trump
“We had an election in little while ago, year and a half, little more than a year and a half ago, got the highest vote in the history of the Republican Party We got... Real number was probably 85 or 87,000,000 votes. They gave us credit for 78 or 79.”
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What the record shows
2024 presidential election: Trump received 77,255,852 votes (official FEC count). This was not the highest in Republican Party history; Ronald Reagan received 54.5M in 1984 and 59M in 1980; George W. Bush received 62.0M in 2004. Source: FEC Official 2024 General Election Results.
Trump's 2024 vote total (77.3M) was the highest for any Republican candidate, but his claimed 85-87M is unsupported and contradicts official FEC data.
From: President Trump Participates in a Site Visit, Oct. 1, 2026
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