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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
93%
6%
87%
 3
 538
Vermont
3
70%
29%
41%
 6
 535
Maryland
10
63%
34%
29%
 16
 532
Massachusetts
11
59%
31%
28%
 27
 522
California
54
60%
35%
25%
 81
 511
Hawaii
4
55%
33%
22%
 85
 457
Washington
12
56%
36%
20%
 97
 453
Delaware
3
56%
36%
20%
 100
 441
New York
28
58%
39%
19%
 128
 438
Illinois
19
58%
42%
16%
 147
 410
Connecticut
7
53%
37%
16%
 154
 391
Rhode Island
4
54%
39%
15%
 158
 384
Oregon
8
53%
41%
12%
 166
 380
Colorado
10
53%
42%
11%
 176
 372
New Mexico
5
50%
41%
9%
 181
 362
New Jersey
14
51%
42%
9%
 195
 357
Maine
4
48%
41%
7%
 199
 343
Virginia
13
49%
43%
6%
 212
 339
Minnesota
10
49%
43%
6%
 222
 326
Michigan
15
50%
46%
4%
 237
 316
New Hampshire
4
51%
49%
2%
 241
 301
Pennsylvania
19
50%
50%
0%
 260
 297
Wisconsin
10
48%
49%
1%
     270
     278
North Carolina
16
48%
49%
1%
 286
 268
Nevada
6
48%
49%
1%
 292
 252
Georgia
16
49%
50%
1%
 308
 246
Arizona
11
49%
50%
1%
 319
 230
Iowa
6
43%
47%
4%
 325
 219
Kansas
6
44%
49%
5%
 331
 213
Texas
40
46%
53%
7%
 371
 207
Ohio
17
44%
51%
7%
 388
 167
Florida
30
45%
52%
7%
 418
 150
Mississippi
6
42%
51%
9%
 424
 120
Missouri
10
43%
53%
10%
 434
 114
Alaska
3
45%
55%
10%
 437
 104
South Carolina
9
42%
55%
13%
 446
 101
Louisiana
8
33%
48%
15%
 454
 92
Arkansas
6
40%
55%
15%
 460
 84
Oklahoma
7
40%
56%
16%
 467
 78
Nebraska
5
40%
56%
16%
 472
 71
Indiana
11
40%
57%
17%
 483
 66
North Dakota
3
37%
55%
18%
 486
 55
Montana
4
40%
59%
19%
 490
 52
Kentucky
8
35%
60%
25%
 498
 48
Tennessee
11
37%
63%
26%
 509
 40
South Dakota
3
35%
61%
26%
 512
 29
West Virginia
4
34%
61%
27%
 516
 26
Alabama
9
32%
60%
28%
 525
 22
Utah
6
31%
63%
32%
 531
 13
Idaho
4
30%
62%
32%
 535
 7
Wyoming
3
26%
67%
41%
 538
 3