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Election 2020 Results

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2020 presidential election results by state and county

Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, 306 electoral votes to 232, flipping Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Biden (Democrat) beat Donald Trump in 2020, winning 306 electoral votes to 232. Joe Biden carried 26 states and Donald Trump 25. Across the states, the Democratic and Republican vote came to 81,283,501 and 74,223,975 (D+4.5 of all votes cast).

The closest states were Georgia (D+0.2), Arizona (D+0.3) and Wisconsin (D+0.6). 5 states changed party from 2016: Arizona to the Democrats, Georgia to the Democrats, Michigan to the Democrats, Pennsylvania to the Democrats and Wisconsin to the Democrats.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

About the 2020 presidential election

The 2020 election was held during the COVID-19 pandemic, which had killed more than 200,000 Americans by Election Day and caused a sharp recession. Racial justice protests followed the killing of George Floyd in May. Democrats nominated Joe Biden, Obama's vice president, with Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Many states expanded mail voting, and turnout was the highest in more than a century. Biden won the popular vote by about 4.5 points and flipped five states Trump had carried in 2016. The margins were thin: Georgia by 0.3 points, Arizona by 0.3, Wisconsin by 0.6 and Pennsylvania by 1.2. Georgia had not voted Democratic since 1992 and Arizona since 1996. Biden also won the electoral vote from Nebraska's Omaha district. Trump held North Carolina by 1.4 points, as well as Florida and Ohio. Because mail ballots were counted late in several states, the race was not called until four days after the vote. Polls again overstated the Democratic margin. Trump refused to concede and made unfounded claims of fraud that were rejected in dozens of court cases. On January 6, 2021, a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol as Congress met to certify the result.

Every state

StateDemocratVotesRepublicanVotesOthersMargin EV
Alabama Joe Biden849,624 (36.6%) Donald Trump1,441,170 (62.0%) 32,488 R+25.5 9
Alaska Joe Biden153,778 (42.8%) Donald Trump189,951 (52.8%) 15,801 R+10.1 3
Arizona flip Joe Biden1,672,143 (49.4%) Donald Trump1,661,686 (49.1%) 53,497 D+0.3 11
Arkansas Joe Biden423,932 (34.8%) Donald Trump760,647 (62.4%) 34,490 R+27.6 6
California Joe Biden11,110,639 (63.5%) Donald Trump6,006,518 (34.3%) 384,223 D+29.2 55
Colorado Joe Biden1,804,352 (55.4%) Donald Trump1,364,607 (41.9%) 88,021 D+13.5 9
Connecticut Joe Biden1,080,831 (59.3%) Donald Trump714,717 (39.2%) 28,309 D+20.1 7
Delaware Joe Biden296,268 (58.7%) Donald Trump200,603 (39.8%) 7,475 D+19.0 3
District of Columbia Joe Biden317,323 (92.1%) Donald Trump18,586 (5.4%) 8,447 D+86.8 3
Florida Joe Biden5,297,045 (47.9%) Donald Trump5,668,731 (51.2%) 101,680 R+3.4 29
Georgia flip Joe Biden2,473,633 (49.5%) Donald Trump2,461,854 (49.2%) 64,473 D+0.2 16
Hawaii Joe Biden366,130 (63.7%) Donald Trump196,864 (34.3%) 11,475 D+29.5 4
Idaho Joe Biden287,021 (33.1%) Donald Trump554,119 (63.8%) 26,794 R+30.8 4
Illinois Joe Biden3,471,915 (57.5%) Donald Trump2,446,891 (40.6%) 114,938 D+17.0 20
Indiana Joe Biden1,242,498 (41.0%) Donald Trump1,729,857 (57.0%) 60,855 R+16.1 11
Iowa Joe Biden759,061 (44.9%) Donald Trump897,672 (53.1%) 34,138 R+8.2 6
Kansas Joe Biden570,323 (41.5%) Donald Trump771,406 (56.1%) 32,257 R+14.6 6
Kentucky Joe Biden772,474 (36.2%) Donald Trump1,326,646 (62.1%) 37,648 R+25.9 8
Louisiana Joe Biden856,034 (39.9%) Donald Trump1,255,776 (58.5%) 36,252 R+18.6 8
Maine Joe Biden435,072 (53.1%) Donald Trump360,737 (44.0%) 23,652 D+9.1 4
Maryland Joe Biden1,985,023 (65.4%) Donald Trump976,414 (32.2%) 75,593 D+33.2 10
Massachusetts Joe Biden2,382,202 (65.6%) Donald Trump1,167,202 (32.1%) 81,998 D+33.5 11
Michigan flip Joe Biden2,804,040 (50.6%) Donald Trump2,649,852 (47.8%) 85,410 D+2.8 16
Minnesota Joe Biden1,717,077 (52.4%) Donald Trump1,484,065 (45.3%) 76,029 D+7.1 10
Mississippi Joe Biden539,398 (41.1%) Donald Trump756,764 (57.6%) 17,597 R+16.6 6
Missouri Joe Biden1,253,014 (41.4%) Donald Trump1,718,736 (56.8%) 54,212 R+15.4 10
Montana Joe Biden244,786 (40.5%) Donald Trump343,602 (56.9%) 15,286 R+16.4 3
Nebraska Joe Biden374,583 (39.2%) Donald Trump556,846 (58.2%) 24,954 R+19.1 5
Nevada Joe Biden703,486 (50.1%) Donald Trump669,890 (47.7%) 32,000 D+2.4 6
New Hampshire Joe Biden424,937 (52.7%) Donald Trump365,660 (45.4%) 15,608 D+7.4 4
New Jersey Joe Biden2,608,400 (57.3%) Donald Trump1,883,313 (41.4%) 57,744 D+15.9 14
New Mexico Joe Biden501,614 (54.3%) Donald Trump401,894 (43.5%) 20,457 D+10.8 5
New York Joe Biden5,244,886 (60.9%) Donald Trump3,251,997 (37.7%) 119,978 D+23.1 29
North Carolina Joe Biden2,684,292 (48.6%) Donald Trump2,758,775 (49.9%) 81,737 R+1.4 15
North Dakota Joe Biden115,042 (31.8%) Donald Trump235,751 (65.1%) 11,231 R+33.3 3
Ohio Joe Biden2,679,165 (45.2%) Donald Trump3,154,834 (53.3%) 88,203 R+8.0 18
Oklahoma Joe Biden503,890 (32.3%) Donald Trump1,020,280 (65.4%) 36,529 R+33.1 7
Oregon Joe Biden1,340,383 (56.5%) Donald Trump958,448 (40.4%) 75,490 D+16.1 7
Pennsylvania flip Joe Biden3,458,229 (49.9%) Donald Trump3,377,674 (48.7%) 101,073 D+1.2 20
Rhode Island Joe Biden307,486 (59.4%) Donald Trump199,922 (38.6%) 10,349 D+20.8 4
South Carolina Joe Biden1,091,541 (43.4%) Donald Trump1,385,103 (55.1%) 36,685 R+11.7 9
South Dakota Joe Biden150,471 (35.6%) Donald Trump261,043 (61.8%) 11,095 R+26.2 3
Tennessee Joe Biden1,143,711 (37.5%) Donald Trump1,852,475 (60.7%) 57,665 R+23.2 11
Texas Joe Biden5,259,126 (46.5%) Donald Trump5,890,347 (52.1%) 165,583 R+5.6 38
Utah Joe Biden560,282 (37.6%) Donald Trump865,140 (58.1%) 62,867 R+20.5 6
Vermont Joe Biden242,820 (66.1%) Donald Trump112,704 (30.7%) 11,904 D+35.4 3
Virginia Joe Biden2,413,568 (54.1%) Donald Trump1,962,430 (44.0%) 84,526 D+10.1 13
Washington Joe Biden2,369,612 (58.0%) Donald Trump1,584,651 (38.8%) 133,368 D+19.2 12
West Virginia Joe Biden235,984 (29.7%) Donald Trump545,382 (68.6%) 13,365 R+38.9 5
Wisconsin flip Joe Biden1,630,866 (49.4%) Donald Trump1,610,184 (48.8%) 56,991 D+0.6 10
Wyoming Joe Biden73,491 (26.6%) Donald Trump193,559 (69.9%) 9,715 R+43.4 3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Margins are Democrat minus Republican, of all votes. Certified results, from the states' own archives, the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, Heideman (2026) and Algara & Amlani (2021). Maine and Nebraska are shown whole, without their district votes. How these results were checked.

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