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For each state, the current best estimate of the presidential race is given below, with all the polls for the most recent week of polling averaged together. (Note: the most recent week of polling for a given state may not be this week). The states are listed from most Democratic to most Republican. The fourth column gives the candidate's current lead in that state.

If you compare our scores to that of other media sources, you will no doubt find differences. Part of this is that we do count robopollsters (e.g., PPP, Rasmussen, and SurveyUSA) but do not count partisan pollsters, who work to elect Democrats or Republicans. Also, every source has its own algorithm for combining recent polls. Ours is here.

The color coding is as follows:

  • Dark blue: Strongly Democratic (Democrat leads by >= 10%)
  • Middle blue: Likely Democratic (Democrat leads by 5-9%)
  • Light blue: Barely Democratic (Democrat leads by 1-4%)
  • White: Tossup (currently exactly tied)
  • Light red: Barely Republican (Republican leads by 1-4%)
  • Middle red: Likely Republican (Republican leads by 5-9%)
  • Dark red: Strongly Republican (Republican leads by >= 10%)

The states in the middle are the ones in play.

The final two columns are the cumulative electoral votes. For Biden, start at the top, so if he wins D.C. and nothing else, he gets 3 EVs. For Trump, read up from the bottom. If he wins only Wyoming, he gets 3 EVs.

Another way of viewing this table is to ask "How deep into red territory does Biden have to go to win?" Or alternatively (reading upwards from the bottom) "How deep into blue territory does Trump have to go to win?" The state that puts either candidate over the top is the tipping-point state. It is indicated by the little hand icon for each candidate. Sometimes it is the same state, but not always.

Click on a state name to see a graph of all the presidential polls for that state.

Note that the sum of the EVs in a single row is never 538 because that would count the row twice. The sum of Biden's EVs in any row plus the Trump EVs in the row below it is 538, since that assigns each state to only one candidate.

State EVs Biden Trump Lead Biden EVs Trump EVs
D.C.
3
93%
6%
87%
 3
 538
Maryland
10
56%
30%
26%
 13
 535
California
54
55%
30%
25%
 67
 525
Hawaii
4
55%
33%
22%
 71
 471
Vermont
3
56%
35%
21%
 74
 467
Massachusetts
11
47%
29%
18%
 85
 464
Connecticut
7
55%
38%
17%
 92
 453
Washington
12
52%
38%
14%
 104
 446
Illinois
19
53%
40%
13%
 123
 434
Oregon
8
51%
39%
12%
 131
 415
New York
28
52%
41%
11%
 159
 407
Delaware
3
51%
40%
11%
 162
 379
New Jersey
14
51%
42%
9%
 176
 376
Maine
4
54%
45%
9%
 180
 362
Minnesota
10
51%
43%
8%
 190
 358
Rhode Island
4
40%
33%
7%
 194
 348
New Mexico
5
48%
41%
7%
 199
 344
New Hampshire
4
51%
45%
6%
 203
 339
Colorado
10
49%
43%
6%
 213
 335
Virginia
13
47%
43%
4%
 226
 325
Nevada
6
47%
45%
2%
 232
 312
Michigan
15
47%
45%
2%
 247
 306
Wisconsin
10
48%
48%
0%
 257
 291
Arizona
11
48%
48%
0%
 268
 281
Georgia
16
47%
48%
1%
     284
     270
Pennsylvania
19
47%
49%
2%
 303
 254
North Carolina
16
46%
48%
2%
 319
 235
Indiana
11
43%
47%
4%
 330
 219
Kansas
6
44%
49%
5%
 336
 208
Arkansas
6
42%
48%
6%
 342
 202
Florida
30
42%
49%
7%
 372
 196
Alaska
3
43%
50%
7%
 375
 166
Texas
40
40%
49%
9%
 415
 163
Mississippi
6
42%
51%
9%
 421
 123
Ohio
17
42%
52%
10%
 438
 117
South Carolina
9
40%
52%
12%
 447
 100
Oklahoma
7
40%
53%
13%
 454
 91
Missouri
10
43%
57%
14%
 464
 84
Louisiana
8
33%
48%
15%
 472
 74
Tennessee
11
29%
47%
18%
 483
 66
North Dakota
3
37%
55%
18%
 486
 55
Iowa
6
32%
50%
18%
 492
 52
South Dakota
3
31%
50%
19%
 495
 46
Nebraska
5
34%
57%
23%
 500
 43
Montana
4
34%
59%
25%
 504
 38
Kentucky
8
35%
60%
25%
 512
 34
Alabama
9
32%
60%
28%
 521
 26
West Virginia
4
31%
63%
32%
 525
 17
Utah
6
25%
57%
32%
 531
 13
Idaho
4
30%
62%
32%
 535
 7
Wyoming
3
26%
67%
41%
 538
 3