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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 Harris, start at the top, so if she wins D.C. and nothing else, she gets 3 EVs. For Trump, read up from the bottom. If she wins only Wyoming, she gets 3 EVs.

Another way of viewing this table is to ask "How deep into red territory does Harris 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 Harris'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 Harris Trump Lead Harris EVs Trump EVs
D.C.
3
92%
7%
85%
 3
 538
Vermont
3
64%
32%
32%
 6
 535
Maryland
10
62%
35%
27%
 16
 532
Massachusetts
11
61%
36%
25%
 27
 522
Hawaii
4
61%
38%
23%
 31
 511
California
54
59%
38%
21%
 85
 507
Washington
12
58%
39%
19%
 97
 453
Delaware
3
57%
42%
15%
 100
 441
Connecticut
7
56%
42%
14%
 107
 438
Rhode Island
4
55%
42%
13%
 111
 431
Oregon
8
55%
42%
13%
 119
 427
New York
28
56%
44%
12%
 147
 419
Colorado
10
54%
43%
11%
 157
 391
Illinois
19
54%
44%
10%
 176
 381
Maine
4
52%
45%
7%
 180
 362
Virginia
13
52%
46%
6%
 193
 358
New Mexico
5
52%
46%
6%
 198
 345
New Jersey
14
52%
46%
6%
 212
 340
Minnesota
10
51%
47%
4%
 222
 326
New Hampshire
4
51%
48%
3%
 226
 316
Wisconsin
10
49%
50%
1%
 236
 312
Pennsylvania
19
49%
50%
1%
 255
 302
Michigan
15
48%
50%
2%
     270
     283
Georgia
16
49%
51%
2%
 286
 268
North Carolina
16
48%
51%
3%
 302
 252
Nevada
6
48%
51%
3%
 308
 236
Arizona
11
47%
52%
5%
 319
 230
Ohio
17
44%
55%
11%
 336
 219
Iowa
6
43%
56%
13%
 342
 202
Florida
30
43%
56%
13%
 372
 196
Texas
40
42%
56%
14%
 412
 166
Alaska
3
41%
55%
14%
 415
 126
Kansas
6
41%
57%
16%
 421
 123
South Carolina
9
40%
58%
18%
 430
 117
Missouri
10
40%
59%
19%
 440
 108
Indiana
11
40%
59%
19%
 451
 98
Nebraska
5
40%
60%
20%
 456
 87
Montana
4
38%
58%
20%
 460
 82
Utah
6
38%
60%
22%
 466
 78
Louisiana
8
38%
60%
22%
 474
 72
Mississippi
6
37%
61%
24%
 480
 64
South Dakota
3
34%
63%
29%
 483
 58
Tennessee
11
34%
64%
30%
 494
 55
Arkansas
6
34%
64%
30%
 500
 44
Kentucky
8
34%
65%
31%
 508
 38
Alabama
9
34%
65%
31%
 517
 30
Oklahoma
7
32%
66%
34%
 524
 21
North Dakota
3
31%
67%
36%
 527
 14
Idaho
4
30%
67%
37%
 531
 11
West Virginia
4
28%
70%
42%
 535
 7
Wyoming
3
26%
72%
46%
 538
 3