Electoral College in the 2024 presidential election
Date: November 5, 2024  |
 Kamala Harris (D) Donald Trump (R) Jill Stein (G) Chase Oliver (L) |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
The Electoral College is the process by which the states and District of Columbia elect the president of the United States. Each state is represented by a number of electors equal to the size of its congressional delegation. There are 538 electors in total. To win the Electoral College, a candidate must receive a majority—at least 270—electoral votes.[1]
The Electoral College will meet on December 17, 2024, to cast their votes for president and vice president of the United States.
Thirteen states gained or lost electoral votes following the 2020 Census:[2]
- Texas gained two votes.
- Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon each gained one.
- California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia each lost one.
Although there is no constitutional provision or federal law requiring electors to vote in accordance with the election results in their state, electors typically vote for their state's popular vote winner. Some states have provisions permitting the disqualification and replacement of an elector whose vote deviates from the state's popular vote. There were no faithless electors in 2020.[3]
This page provides an overview of the number of electoral votes per state in the 2024 presidential election. It will also provide a list of electors and the votes they cast following the election.
Presidential election results
Results by state
National results
Presidential election, 2024
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
||
| ✔ |
 
| Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R) |
50.0
|
76,530,807 | 312 |
 
| Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D) |
48.3
|
73,916,740 | 226 | |
 | Jill Stein (multiple running mates) (G) |
0.5
|
766,916 | 0 | |
 
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (Independent) |
0.5
|
741,426 | 0 | |
 
| Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L) |
0.4
|
634,217 | 0 | |
 
| Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Party for Socialism and Liberation) |
0.1
|
141,990 | 0 | |
 
| Cornel West/Melina Abdullah (Independent) |
0.0
|
71,084 | 0 | |
 
| Randall Terry/Stephen E. Broden (Constitution Party) |
0.0
|
41,130 | 0 | |
 
| Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (Independent) |
0.0
|
28,095 | 0 | |
 
| Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (American Solidarity Party) |
0.0
|
25,435 | 0 | |
 
| Joel Skousen/Rik Combs (Constitution Party) |
0.0
|
12,698 | 0 | |
 
| Richard Duncan/Mitchell Preston Bupp (Independent) |
0.0
|
12,532 | 0 | |
 
| Jay Bowman/De Bowman (Independent) |
0.0
|
5,906 | 0 | |
| Christopher Garrity/Cody Ballard (Independent) |
0.0
|
5,143 | 0 | |
 
| Joseph Kishore/Jerry White (Socialist Equality Party) |
0.0
|
4,598 | 0 | |
|
| Rachele Fruit (multiple running mates) (Socialist Workers Party) |
0.0
|
4,093 | 0 | |
| Mattie Preston/Shannel Conner (Godliness, Truth, Justice) |
0.0
|
2,857 | 0 | |
 | Lucifer Everylove (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) |
0.0
|
2,643 | 0 | |
 
| Blake Huber/Andrea Denault (Approval Voting Party) |
0.0
|
2,134 | 0 | |
 
| Michael Wood/John G. Pietrowski (Prohibition Party) |
0.0
|
1,144 | 0 | |
 
| Vermin Supreme/Jonathan Realz (Independent) |
0.0
|
914 | 0 | |
 
| Laura Ebke/Trisha Butler (Liberal Party) |
0.0
|
859 | 0 | |
 
| William P. Stodden/Stephanie H. Cholensky (Socialist Party) |
0.0
|
361 | 0 | |
 
| Robert Wells Jr./Tony Jones (Independent) |
0.0
|
359 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.0
|
45,945 | 0 | ||
 |
Total votes: 153,000,026
0 states have not been called. |
Electoral votes per state in the 2024 presidential election
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2024
The following map shows the number of electoral votes per state in the 2024 presidential election.
Electoral votes by state
The following table lists the number of electoral votes per state in the 2024 presidential election. It also shows the change in the number of electoral votes following the 2020 Census.[2]
| Electoral votes per state in the 2024 presidential election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Electoral votes | Change from 2020 election | ||
| Alabama | 9 | 0 | ||
| Alaska | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arizona | 11 | 0 | ||
| Arkansas | 6 | 0 | ||
| California | 54 | -1 | ||
| Colorado | 10 | +1 | ||
| Connecticut | 7 | 0 | ||
| Delaware | 3 | 0 | ||
| District of Columbia | 3 | 0 | ||
| Florida | 30 | +1 | ||
| Georgia | 16 | 0 | ||
| Hawaii | 4 | 0 | ||
| Idaho | 4 | 0 | ||
| Illinois | 19 | -1 | ||
| Indiana | 11 | 0 | ||
| Iowa | 6 | 0 | ||
| Kansas | 6 | 0 | ||
| Kentucky | 8 | 0 | ||
| Louisiana | 8 | 0 | ||
| Maine | 4 | 0 | ||
| Maryland | 10 | 0 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11 | 0 | ||
| Michigan | 15 | -1 | ||
| Minnesota | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mississippi | 6 | 0 | ||
| Missouri | 10 | 0 | ||
| Montana | 4 | +1 | ||
| Nebraska | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nevada | 6 | 0 | ||
| New Hampshire | 4 | 0 | ||
| New Jersey | 14 | 0 | ||
| New Mexico | 5 | 0 | ||
| New York | 28 | -1 | ||
| North Carolina | 16 | +1 | ||
| North Dakota | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ohio | 17 | -1 | ||
| Oklahoma | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oregon | 8 | +1 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19 | -1 | ||
| Rhode Island | 4 | 0 | ||
| South Carolina | 9 | 0 | ||
| South Dakota | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tennessee | 11 | 0 | ||
| Texas | 40 | +2 | ||
| Utah | 6 | 0 | ||
| Vermont | 3 | 0 | ||
| Virginia | 13 | 0 | ||
| Washington | 12 | 0 | ||
| West Virginia | 4 | -1 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10 | 0 | ||
| Wyoming | 3 | 0 | ||
Noteworthy events
Letter calling for change to Nebraska's electoral vote allocation method (2024)
- See also: Electoral College
Heading into the 2024 presidential election, several noteworthy officeholders expressed support for changing Nebraska's method of electoral vote allocation to a winner-take-all system. Nebraska currently allocates two of its electoral votes based on the statewide presidential election results, and the other three based on election results in each congressional district. Nebraska is one of two states, along with Maine, that does not allocate its electoral votes with a winner-take-all system.
On September 18, 2024, U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and U.S. Reps. Mike Flood (R-Neb.), Don Bacon (R-Neb.), and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) signed a letter calling on Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) and Nebraska State Senate Speaker John Arch (R) to change Nebraska's electoral vote allocation system to winner-take-all. The letter said, "Senators and Governors are elected by the state as a whole because they represent all of the people of Nebraska equally, and the state should speak with a united voice in presidential elections as well."[4] Both Gov. Pillen and Senate Speaker Arch had previously expressed support for such legislation.[5] As of September 20, 2024, Pillen had not called the legislature into a special session to address the proposal.
On September 23, 2024, Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell (R), whose support was needed to pass the bill, announced he would not support it. In a statement, McDonnell said, "I have taken time to listen carefully to Nebraskans and national leaders on both sides of the issue. After deep consideration, it is clear to me that right now, 43 days from Election Day, is not the moment to make this change."[6]
The Nebraska State Legislature proposed a bill that sought to change the state's method of allocating electoral votes to a winner-take-all system earlier in the year. The bill did not pass in the state legislature during the 2024 regular session, failing to clear a procedural vote in April 2024 with only eight legislators voting in favor of introducing the legislation.[5]
Related topics
- History of the Electoral College
- Selecting elector candidates
- Arguments in favor of the Electoral College
- Arguments against the Electoral College
See also
Use the dropdown menu below to navigate Ballotpedia's historical coverage of the Electoral College.
Footnotes
- ↑ National Archives, "Electoral College," accessed September 3, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 270 to Win, "Census Apportionment Results Released; 13 States See a Change in Congressional Seats," April 26, 2021
- ↑ National Archives, "Electors," accessed September 3, 2020
- ↑ X, "Mike Flood on September 18, 2024," accessed September 20, 2024
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Hill, "Nebraska lawmakers overwhelmingly reject Trump-backed ‘winner-take-all’ electoral system," April 4, 2024
- ↑ Nebraska Examiner, "State Sen. Mike McDonnell deflates GOP hopes for Nebraska winner-take-all in 2024," September 23, 2024
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