US Election 2024 Results: What Trump, Harris Have Won, What They Must Win – News18

Last Updated:November 06, 2024, 11:38 IST

US Election 2024: Kamala Harris needs 44 of the 93 battleground electoral college votes to win the presidential election, assuming both candidates win all of the states where polls show them with significant leads. Trump needs 51

Donald Trump has won two swing states — Georgia and North Carolina — increasing his chances of winning the election by 90%. (AP Photo)

Former President Donald Trump has won North Carolina and Georgia, the two swing states, and is ahead of Vice-President Kamala Harris in the Electoral College with 246 votes. Harris has secured 210 electoral votes so far. Both candidates are eyeing the magic number of 270 electoral votes.

Harris needs 44 of the 93 battleground electoral college votes to win the election, assuming both candidates win all of the states where polls show them with significant leads. Trump needs 51.

Let us see which states Trump and Harris have won so far.

Trump vs Harris: Who Has Won What?

Hawaii: Vice President Harris has won Hawaii and the state’s four electoral votes on Wednesday. It’s the 10th straight presidential election in which Hawaii has selected the Democratic Party candidate. Hawaii is a solidly blue state, with Democrats controlling all statewide elected offices and the state’s two U.S. House seats.

Virginia: Harris also won Virginia on Tuesday, marking the third time Trump has lost the Old Dominion state. The Democratic nominee for president has won Virginia in every election since 2008.

New Mexico: Harris won New Mexico on Tuesday. The Democratic Party’s influence in New Mexico has only grown over the last two decades, with former President George W. Bush being the last Republican to win the state in 2004.

Oregon: Harris won Oregon, adding eight electoral votes to her tally. Oregon has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous presidential election. The Democratic nominee for president has won Oregon since 1988.

Washington: Harris won Washington’s 12 electoral votes on Tuesday. Washington has not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984. President Joe Biden carried Washington in 2020 with 58% of the vote to Trump’s less than 39%.

Idaho: Trump won Idaho for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding four electoral votes to his tally. Idaho is deeply red, and the Republican presidential nominee has carried the state with more than 60% of the vote for the last several elections.

California: Harris has won California, giving her the largest prize in the presidential election — 54 electoral votes. The outcome in the heavily Democratic state where Harris previously served as a US senator and attorney general was expected. A Republican candidate hasn’t won a presidential contest in the nation’s most populous state since 1988, and the GOP hasn’t seriously contested California in a presidential election since 2000.

Iowa: Trump won Iowa on Tuesday, claiming the state’s six electoral votes. Formerly considered a swing state, Iowa has proved to be a clear example of Trump’s appeal among Republican voters and his staying power in the GOP. A majority of Iowans backed Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 but chose Trump decisively in 2016 and again in 2020.

Kansas: The former President won Kansas and its six electoral votes on Tuesday. Republican candidates have carried Kansas in every presidential election since 1964, and it was the third election in a row that Trump has won the state.

DC: Harris has won the District of Columbia, securing the capital’s three electoral votes. Harris’ win in D.C. is no surprise – the District is a longtime Democratic stronghold whose government repeatedly feuded with Trump when he was the president.

Colorado: Harris has won Colorado, picking up the state’s 10 electoral votes. Colorado was once a purple state, flipping between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, but it has shifted blue in the past two decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to snag Colorado’s electoral votes was George W. Bush in 2004.

Utah: Trump won Utah and its six electoral votes on Tuesday. The Mountain West state is a rare Republican stronghold that has in past elections only half-heartedly supported Trump, whose comments about immigrants do not sit right with some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Montana: Trump won Montana for the third consecutive election, adding four electoral votes to his tally. Montana has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous two, as the state received an additional congressional seat following the 2020 census.

Texas: Trump won Texas for the third consecutive election, adding 40 electoral votes to his tally. Texas gained two more electoral votes this cycle after the 2020 census. The Republican nominee for president has won Texas for nearly 50 years since Democrat Jimmy Carter carried the state in 1976.

Ohio: Trump carried Ohio for a third time, capturing the state’s 17 electoral votes. Ohio voters supported him by wide margins in 2016 and 2020, and they delivered for him again this year. No Republican has reached the White House without carrying Ohio.

Wyoming: Trump beat Harris in deep-red Wyoming to win the least-populated state’s three electoral votes on Tuesday. One of the most Republican states by almost any measure, Wyoming gave Trump his widest margins of victory in any state in the 2020 and 2016 elections.

Louisiana: Trump won Louisiana on Tuesday for the third consecutive presidential election, increasing his electoral vote tally by eight. In addition to voter support, Trump has various powerful political allies in and from the Bayou State. Trump won Louisiana with about 58% of the vote in both 2016 and 2020.

South Dakota: Trump won South Dakota’s three electoral votes for president Tuesday. No Democratic nominee has carried South Dakota since President Lyndon Johnson won in 1964.

North Dakota: Trump won North Dakota’s three electoral votes on Tuesday. The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state was President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

New York: Harris won New York’s presidential contest, picking up the state’s 28 electoral votes. New York has now voted for the Democrat in every presidential contest since giving Ronald Reagan the nod in his landslide 1984 election.

Nebraska: Trump won the statewide popular vote in Nebraska for the third consecutive election, receiving two electoral college votes. Nebraska is one of two states that divide electoral votes with two votes going to the statewide winner and one apiece to the winner of each congressional district. Trump won Nebraska by 25 percentage points in 2016 and by 19 points four years later.

Illinois: Harris won Illinois, claiming the state’s 19 electoral votes for Democrats. The reliably blue state, the home of former President Barack Obama, has supported Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.

Delaware: Harris won Delaware, easily defeating Trump. Harris’ victory in solid-blue Delaware was a foregone conclusion, given the stranglehold Democrats have held on the state’s three electoral votes for decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to win in Delaware was George H.W. Bush in 1988.

New Jersey: Harris won New Jersey’s 14 electoral votes on Tuesday. Harris’ victory over Trump continues Democrats’ dominance in the state, which has gone with the Democratic candidate for president in every election since 1988.

Arkansas: Trump secured Arkansas’ six electoral votes on Tuesday, winning the heavily Republican state for the third presidential election in a row. Democrats have not won a presidential election in Arkansas since 1996, when native son Bill Clinton won reelection.

South Carolina: Trump won South Carolina on Tuesday, earning its nine electoral votes for the third straight election. South Carolina has not voted for the Democratic nominee for president since 1976, when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican President Gerald Ford throughout the South.

Florida: Trump won Florida on Tuesday for the third consecutive election, earning the state’s 30 electoral votes. Once a crucial battleground state, Florida has been drifting towards the Republican Party in recent years. A Democratic presidential nominee has not won the state since Obama carried it in 2012.

Rhode Island: Harris won Rhode Island on Tuesday, giving her four electoral votes and continuing the Democrats’ dominance in the state. The last time a Republican presidential candidate won Rhode Island was in 1984, when former President Ronald Reagan defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale. Biden easily defeated Trump in Rhode Island in 2020, winning more than 59% of the vote. Hillary Clinton also did well in the state, winning over 54% of the vote in 2016.

Massachusetts: Harris won Massachusetts on Tuesday, continuing a decades’ long streak of victories for Democratic presidential candidates in the Bay State. The last time Massachusetts backed a Republican candidate was in 1984 when voters cast their ballots for Ronald Reagan. In 2020, Joe Biden easily defeated Donald Trump, winning more than 65% of the vote.

Connecticut: Harris won Connecticut on Tuesday, extending the state’s long trend of supporting Democratic presidential candidates and adding seven electoral votes to her tally. The last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was George H.W. Bush in 1988. Trump has lost Connecticut three times, first to Hillary Clinton, then to Joe Biden and now to Harris.

Tennessee: Trump won Tennessee on Tuesday, keeping the firmly Republican state and its 11 electoral votes in his win column. Trump won Tennessee by about 23 percentage points in 2020 and by 26 points in 2016.

Oklahoma: Trump won Oklahoma and its seven electoral votes on Tuesday. A Democrat has not won the presidential race in Oklahoma since 1964. The last time a Democrat won one of Oklahoma’s 77 counties in a presidential race was in 2000 when Al Gore won nine counties.

Maryland: Harris won Maryland and its 10 electoral votes on Tuesday. Maryland is a heavily Democratic state that is home to many federal workers next to the nation’s capital. In 2020, Trump received just 32% of the vote. A Republican has not won a presidential election in the state since George H.W. Bush in 1988.

Alabama: Trump won Alabama for the third consecutive election, adding nine electoral votes to the Republican’s tally. Democrats have not won Alabama since 1976, when Jimmy Carter carried the state.

Mississippi: Trump won Mississippi, claiming the state’s six electoral votes and continuing a long winning streak for Republicans. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Mississippi was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

West Virginia: Trump won West Virginia for the third straight presidential election cycle, adding four electoral votes to his count. West Virginia has one fewer electoral vote this cycle after losing a congressional seat following the 2020 census. The state is one of only two where Trump won every county in 2016 and 2020. No Democrat has won the presidential election in West Virginia since Bill Clinton in 1996.

Kentucky: Trump won Kentucky for the third consecutive election, adding eight electoral votes to his tally. The Republican nominee for president has won Kentucky in every election since Democrat Bill Clinton carried the Bluegrass State in 1996.

Vermont: Harris won the Democratic stronghold of Vermont on Tuesday. The small state has voted in favour of Democratic candidates in the previous eight presidential elections.

Indiana: Trump won the presidential election in Indiana. The state has been favourable towards Trump in his three races for the White House. In 2016, the year he won the presidency, and again in 2020, Trump took 57% of the Hoosier state vote.

What About Swing States?

Trump has won North Carolina, one of the seven swing states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin), which will determine who will be the next US President. Trump narrowly carried the state in the 2020 presidential election.

The so-called Rust Belt, also the swing states — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — remain too close to call, and data point to very close and competitive contests. Harris would almost certainly need to win all three to become the nation’s first woman elected president.

“If Donald Trump also carries Georgia, the vice president cannot afford to lose Pennsylvania. Yes, Nevada is out there. Arizona is out there. Michigan and Wisconsin are out there,” CNN quoted John King as saying, but their electoral votes would not add up to a win.

The CNN projects Trump to win Georgia — a relatively new battleground state in presidential politics that helped deliver Biden his White House victory in 2020. Georgia flipped blue for the first time in nearly 30 years when Biden won by just 11,779 votes.

As per CNN, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said her state is “still on track to be the first battleground to report complete unofficial results, potentially overnight”.