The presidential race will most probably come right down to voters in 10 states that stay aggressive, in line with the newest ratings by the Cook Political Report.
There are a lot of mixtures of states that would put both Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald J. Trump over the edge of the 270 electoral votes wanted to win.
If each candidates win the entire states of their stable, possible and lean classes, the race would come right down to the six tossup states in yellow. Ms. Harris would want 44 electoral votes from the tossup states to win. Mr. Trump would want simply 35.
Tossup states
State | Elec. votes | 2020 margin | 2024 polling |
---|---|---|---|
Pennsylvania |
19 |
D +1.2 |
Harris <1 › |
Georgia |
16 |
D +0.2 |
Not sufficient polls |
Michigan |
15 |
D +2.8 |
Harris +2 › |
Arizona |
11 |
D +0.3 |
Not sufficient polls |
Wisconsin |
10 |
D +0.6 |
Harris +2 › |
Nevada |
6 |
D +2.4 |
Not sufficient polls |
The six states rated as tossups had been all gained narrowly by Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2020. If the race comes down to those locations, Mr. Trump has a bonus within the electoral math. He might win with simply two electorally precious tossup states — Pennsylvania and Georgia — whereas all of Ms. Harris’s paths to victory embody no less than three. If Mr. Trump loses Georgia however wins Pennsylvania, Ms. Harris would nonetheless want no less than three different tossups (along with Georgia) to win.
In fact, a few of the states presently rated as leaning or possible Democratic or Republican might additionally come into play.
Lean Democratic
State | E.V. | 2020 |
---|---|---|
Minnesota Minn. |
10 |
D +7.1 |
Nebraska 2nd District Neb. 2 |
1 |
D +6.5 |
New Hampshire N.H. |
4 |
D +7.4 |
Lean Republican
State | E.V. | 2020 |
---|---|---|
North Carolina N.C. |
16 |
R +1.3 |
Probably Democratic
State | E.V. | 2020 |
---|---|---|
New Mexico N.M. |
5 |
D +10.8 |
Virginia Va. |
13 |
D +10.1 |
Maine Maine |
2 |
D +9.1 |
Probably Republican
State | E.V. | 2020 |
---|---|---|
Florida Fla. |
30 |
R +3.4 |
Maine 2nd District Me. 2 |
1 |
R +7.9 |
Texas Texas |
40 |
R +5.6 |