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Liz CoulbournThis story was written by Teen Vogue's 2024 Student Correspondents, a team of college students and recent graduates covering the election cycle from key battleground states. In the end, it was over so fast. Donald Trump’s decisive 2024 election win has left people around the country reeling. He expanded his support among many segments of the electorate, notably including some Latino voters and young men, and dominated in swing states, winning at least five so far.

Oct 30, 2024 | teenvogue.com | Toni Odejimi

“We need to stop talking about Election Day or election night in this country and start talking about election season,” said Joanna Lydgate, CEO of States United Democracy Center, an election rights advocacy organization. With a razor-close race and efforts underway to use lawsuits to change election processes in key states, election experts and voting rights advocates say that we are unlikely to know the results by election night’s end.

Oct 25, 2024 | teenvogue.com | Toni Odejimi

Students at Georgia State University’s watch party for the September presidential debate joked about custom bingo cards for the evening and dined on cupcakes. They paid attention to what the candidates said about key issues for young voters, such as the economy and abortion. But multiple students throughout the room wanted Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to speak about another issue that had recently affected their community: gun violence.

Sep 25, 2024 | teenvogue.com | Toni Odejimi

Kira Tiller, Cornell University sophomore, studying urban planning for pre-law:For social media, I follow two accounts, Impact and So Informed (on Instagram). They're the type of accounts that make the infographics to easily explain what's happening in the news. It's really easy to digest the infographics.

Sep 19, 2024 | teenvogue.com | Toni Odejimi

Two of those journalists are NBC Washington correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and correspondent Dasha Burns. Alcindor pivoted from covering Biden’s campaign to focusing on Vice President Kamala Harris after she became the nominee this summer, while Burns has focused on the Trump campaign, primarily reporting from the Rust Belt. In a pair of phone interviews, Teen Vogue spoke to the two young journalists about how to cover an ever-changing election and what it means to be a reporter.