There was no electoral college gaming in 2024.

You're right that my numbers were of the voting eligible population, though, and not the total population. Okay, so let's work that out.

244,666,890 total eligible voters - 156,336,693 total ballots cast = 88,330,197 passive votes for Trump

88,330,197 passive votes for Trump + 77,284,118 active votes for Trump = 165,613,316 total votes for Trump / 331,449,281 total US population = 49.9% of the total population figure

That is, indeed, just shy of 50%. So I'll concede that Trump did not have >50% of Americans supporting him. Just >50% of American voters.