U.S. Electoral College votes

It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency – a majority of the 538 votes across 50 states and Washington DC. About 45% of the U.S. population lives in 15 leaning and toss-up states


Potential electoral votes* (based on polling averages)

Joe Biden		Donald Trump
Democrat		Republican

Solid Biden		Solid Trump
Leaning Biden		Leaning Trump

Toss-up – less than 6% apart

		270 needed to win
201	78	127	16 	116

	
PA Pennsylvania 20 	TX Texas 	38	MO Missouri 10 
MI Michigan 	16 	FL Florida 	29 	IA Iowa 6
VA Virginia 	13 	OH Ohio 	18 
WI Wisconsin 	10 	GA Georgia 	16 
CO Colorado 	9 	NC North Carolina 15 
NV Nevada 	6 	AZ Arizona 	11
NH New Hampshire 4

*Electors: Equal to sum of state’s membership in Senate and House of Representatives (538).
In 48 states and Washington DC, winner of popular vote receives all of that state’s electors. †Maine and Nebraska split electoral votes

WA 12 
OR 7
NV 6
CA 55
AK 3
MT 3
ID 4
WY 3
UT 6 
CO 9
AZ 11
NM 5
HI 4
ND 3
SD 3
NE 5†
KS 6
OK 7
TX 38
MN 10
IA 6
MO 10
AR 6
LA 8
WI 10
IL 20
MI 16
IN 11
OH 18
KY 8
TN 11
MS 6
AL 9
ME 4†
NH 4
VT 3 
NY 29
PA 20
WV 5
VA 13
NC 15
SC 9
GA 16
FL 29 
MA 11
RI 4
CT 7 
NJ 14 
DE 3 
MD 10
DC 3


Sources: Real Clear Politics, 270 to Win
Pictures: Associated Press
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