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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
62%
34%
28%
 16
 532
California
54
60%
36%
24%
 70
 522
Hawaii
4
55%
33%
22%
 74
 468
Washington
12
53%
32%
21%
 86
 464
Massachusetts
11
47%
29%
18%
 97
 452
Maine
4
55%
38%
17%
 101
 441
Connecticut
7
55%
38%
17%
 108
 437
New York
28
58%
42%
16%
 136
 430
Illinois
19
58%
42%
16%
 155
 402
Colorado
10
55%
40%
15%
 165
 383
Oregon
8
51%
39%
12%
 173
 373
Delaware
3
51%
40%
11%
 176
 365
Virginia
13
50%
40%
10%
 189
 362
New Mexico
5
49%
39%
10%
 194
 349
New Jersey
14
51%
42%
9%
 208
 344
New Hampshire
4
51%
43%
8%
 212
 330
Rhode Island
4
40%
33%
7%
 216
 326
Minnesota
10
50%
45%
5%
 226
 322
Pennsylvania
19
49%
46%
3%
 245
 312
Wisconsin
10
49%
47%
2%
 255
 293
North Carolina
16
49%
47%
2%
     271
     283
Nevada
6
48%
47%
1%
 277
 267
Michigan
15
48%
49%
1%
 292
 261
Arizona
11
47%
48%
1%
 303
 246
Georgia
16
46%
48%
2%
 319
 235
Iowa
6
43%
47%
4%
 325
 219
Indiana
11
43%
47%
4%
 336
 213
Florida
30
46%
50%
4%
 366
 202
Kansas
6
44%
49%
5%
 372
 172
Alaska
3
42%
47%
5%
 375
 166
Texas
40
45%
51%
6%
 415
 163
Ohio
17
44%
53%
9%
 432
 123
Mississippi
6
42%
51%
9%
 438
 106
South Carolina
9
40%
52%
12%
 447
 100
Montana
4
41%
56%
15%
 451
 91
Louisiana
8
33%
48%
15%
 459
 87
Arkansas
6
40%
55%
15%
 465
 79
Oklahoma
7
40%
56%
16%
 472
 73
Missouri
10
41%
57%
16%
 482
 66
Nebraska
5
37%
54%
17%
 487
 56
North Dakota
3
37%
55%
18%
 490
 51
South Dakota
3
31%
50%
19%
 493
 48
Kentucky
8
35%
60%
25%
 501
 45
Tennessee
11
37%
63%
26%
 512
 37
West Virginia
4
34%
61%
27%
 516
 26
Alabama
9
32%
60%
28%
 525
 22
Utah
6
28%
60%
32%
 531
 13
Idaho
4
30%
62%
32%
 535
 7
Wyoming
3
26%
67%
41%
 538
 3