Mapped: Electoral College Votes by State For 2024 Election

Kayla Zhu
2024-11-05 03:16:00
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Visualizing Electoral College Votes By State

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The Electoral College is a process in which electors appointed by each state cast votes to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.

Each state receives electoral votes equal to its Congressional delegation: two votes for its Senators and additional votes for its Congressional districts.

There are 538 electors in total, and a candidate needs a simple majority of 270 votes to win.

This map visualizes the number of Electoral College votes by state for the 2024 presidential election, as well as which states saw changes to their number of votes since 2020.

Data is current as of October 2024 and comes from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Electoral Votes By State for 2024 Presidential Election

Below, we show the number of electoral votes for each state for the 2024 election cycle.

The states with the largest populations, such as California, Texas, Florida, and New York, have the highest number of electoral votes.

Conversely, the smallest states by population, including Alaska, Wyoming, Delaware, Vermont, and North and South Dakota, each have three electoral votes. Additionally, Washington, D.C., which is treated like a state in the electoral college system, also has three electoral votes.

Since the 2020 U.S. presidential election, six states gained electoral votes: Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon gained one each while Texas gained two.

Seven states lost one electoral vote each: California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

These changes in electoral vote distribution highlight the complexities of the electoral college system.

The Electoral College system also means a candidate can win the election without winning the popular vote, as seen in Donald Trump’s 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, where Clinton won over 2.8 million more votes than Trump.

Changes in Swing States’ Electoral Votes

There are seven swing states in this year’s election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. These states are projected to have close contests, and could go either way.

North Carolina gained one more electoral vote since 2020 and Pennsylvania lost one. Pennsylvania is slated to be one of the most important swing states in this year’s election, especially as it remains one of the largest states by electoral vote count.

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