Donald Trump received 6.1 million votes in California in the 2024 presidential election.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 16, 2026
Official certified results (California Secretary of State Statement of Vote via Reuters, AP, and NYT tables) show Donald Trump received 6,081,697 votes in California in the 2024 presidential election, which rounds to 6.1 million.
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… very quick thing, Dan, just to show that this, even if we don't get any Republic uh, any Democrat or independent votes and we are, we're really winning them um just the numbers. We think we need 6 million votes to win this election in 2024 in California. President Trump got 6.1 million votes without even campaigning here. Now, of course, that's a presidential year that turned into whatever it was, 37% of the votes, the turnout. But it shows you that what you've just said is right. …
The Dan Bongino Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The California Secretary of State Statement of Vote lists Donald J. Trump (REP) with 6,081,697 votes in the November 5, 2024 general election.[3]
Supports. Reuters and AP certified results both report 6,081,697 votes (38.3%) for Trump in California, matching the official count.[1][2]
Supports. NYT and Wikipedia tables also show 6,081,697 popular votes for Trump in California, consistent with the certified figure.[4][5]
Context. The 'without even campaigning here' portion is a characterization not addressed by the vote-count sources and is not graded as part of the figure.
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1California election results 2024 - Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 22024 California Election Resultsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3General Election, November 5, 2024 - Statement of Voteelections.cdn.sos.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4California Presidential Election Results 2024 - The New York Timesnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 52024 United States presidential election in California - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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