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US election results and map 2024: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris vying for the presidency | US elections 2024

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US election results and map 2024: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris vying for the presidency | US elections 2024

Electoral College votes

Illustration by Kamala Harris

Illustration of Donald Trump

Electoral College votes

50,790,853 votes (47.0%)

Initial results are expected after 6:00 p.m. EST (3:00 p.m. PST or 11:00 p.m. GMT).

Long a Republican stronghold, Georgia has increasingly become a battleground because of its growing black electorate. In 2020, Biden won by fewer than 12,000 votes. In 2022, Republican Brian Kemp won by 7.5 percentage points.
2,536,898 51.0
2,400,253 48.3
19,347 0.4
16,493 0.3

Michigan was one of the states where Biden was able to break away from Trump in 2020 after consistently voting for Democrats for president between 1992 and 2012. As a Rust Belt state, Democrats have full control of state government.
998,946 52.4
875,019 45.9
10,980 0.6
9,115 0.5
8,183 0.4
2,072 0.1
1,725 0.1
729 0.0

Wisconsin sided with the Democratic candidate in every presidential election from 1988 to 2012. In 2016, Trump managed to flip the state, but in 2020 it was retaken by Biden – albeit by a narrow margin.
1,143,332 50.9
1,070,356 47.6
11,679 0.5
8,302 0.4
7,066 0.3
2,714 0.1
1,652 0.1
1,292 0.1

Biden took over his birth state from Donald Trump in 2020. Despite having voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992, the large Rust Belt state is now considered a crucial swing state.
2,744,266 51.2
2,567,022 47.9
25,873 0.5
25,120 0.5
0 0.0
0 0.0
0 0.0
0 0.0
0 0.0
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1,122,992 67.6
523,630 31.5
8,740 0.5
3,462 0.2
2,890 0.2
648,475 64.3
339,031 33.6
10,902 1.1
4,685 0.5
3,347 0.3
1,770 0.2
964 0.1
904,351 49.7
901,995 49.5
7,494 0.4
7,158 0.4

How is the US election going?

The winner of the election is determined by a system called the electoral college.

What is the Electoral College and how does it work?

Each of the 50 states plus Washington DC receives a certain number of Electoral College votes, making a total of 538 votes. States with larger populations receive more votes in the Electoral College than smaller ones.

To win the election, a candidate must win 270 electoral college votes (50% plus one).

In all but two states – Maine and Nebraska – the candidate with the most votes wins all of the state’s Electoral College votes.

The Electoral College votes correspond to the electors from each state. These voters directly elect the president based on the results of the general election in their state. In early January, after the presidential election, Congress convenes in a joint session to count and certify the electoral votes.

How do people vote in the US election?

Elections in the United States are administered by each state. Whether by postal vote or in-person voting on election day: In the presidential election, people actually take part in 51 mini-elections.

Due to Electoral College rules, a candidate can win the election without receiving the most votes nationally. This happened in 2016 when Trump won the majority of the popular vote even though more people in the US voted for Hillary Clinton.

A handful of races are conducted using a ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and his or her supporters’ votes are counted in his or her next election. The Guardian has highlighted these elections above where appropriate, showing the final results with votes redistributed.

How are the votes counted?

The verification and counting of votes involves numerous processes to ensure control and security and is carried out before, during and after election day.

Once polls close, local precincts will count ballots cast in person on Election Day, as well as any verified absentee or absentee ballots. Processes vary by state, but typically involve verifying absentee voter signatures and ensuring ballots are properly filled out. Provisional ballots, used when there is doubt about a voter’s eligibility, are retained for later verification.

The verified ballot papers are then counted, mostly digitally, but in some cases also manually. The counts are then sent to the district election offices for aggregation and verification.

This process involves thousands of local election officials, who are either appointed or elected depending on the state. Partisan and non-partisan observers can monitor the vote count.

The state election authorities then compile the results at the district level and, after another round of verification, confirm the final results.

The results are communicated through the media – the Guardian receives results data from the Associated Press.

It may take days or weeks for official results to be fully available. This is often due to the verification process of absentee, absentee, and provisional ballots. In some states, mail-in ballots cannot be received and counted until several days after Election Day. High voter turnout and possible recounts in close elections can also slow the release of results.

How are the results reported?

The election results on this page are reported by the Associated Press (AP). AP “calls” the winner in a state when it determines that the trailing candidate has no path to victory. This can happen before 100% of the votes in a state have been counted.

Estimates of the total number of votes in each state are also provided by AP. The numbers will be updated throughout election night and in subsequent days as more voter turnout data becomes available.

Illustrations by Sam Kerr. Cartograms by Pablo Gutiérrez.

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