As polls closed across the United States early Wednesday, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump remain locked in a fierce battle for the White House. While the outcome is still far from certain, media outlets have projected that Trump has secured victories in 23 states, including key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina, along with other reliably Republican states.
Meanwhile, Harris has captured 14 states, including California, New York, and the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. As of the latest projections, Trump has earned 227 electoral votes, while Harris trails with 189. The magic number to secure the presidency is 270, and observers expect the race to come down to a small number of critical battleground states.
Here is a breakdown of the states each candidate has won, along with the corresponding electoral votes:
Trump (227)
- Alabama (9)
- Arkansas (6)
- Florida (30)
- Idaho (4)
- Indiana (11)
- Iowa (6)
- Kansas (6)
- Kentucky (8)
- Louisiana (8)
- Mississippi (6)
- Missouri (10)
- Montana (4)
- North Carolina (16)
- North Dakota (3)
- Ohio (17)
- Oklahoma (7)
- South Carolina (9)
- South Dakota (3)
- Tennessee (11)
- Texas (40)
- Utah (6)
- West Virginia (4)
- Wyoming (3)
Harris (189)
- California (54)
- Colorado (10)
- Connecticut (7)
- Delaware (3)
- District of Columbia (3)
- Hawaii (4)
- Illinois (19)
- Maryland (10)
- Massachusetts (11)
- New York (28)
- Oregon (8)
- Rhode Island (4)
- Vermont (3)
- Virginia (13)
- Washington (12)
With several states still too close to call, the contest is expected to continue into the night, with much attention focused on the final results from a handful of key states. The U.S. presidential election remains one of the most closely watched in history, and as votes are counted, both candidates are hoping to secure the final push needed to cross the 270 electoral votes threshold.
