20 Time November 16, 2020
N.M.
WIS.
NEB.*
ARIZ
COLO.
ORE.
CONN.
VA.
MAINE
DEL.
MICH.
CALIF.
WASH.
N.Y.
ILL.
N.J.
MASS.
MD.
R.I.
HAWAII
D.C.
VT.
N.H.
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
MINN.
Biden
264
Electoral Votes
HEIGHT
Number of
electoral votes
WIDTH
Margin of victory
(in percentage
points)
Electoral votes won
50
2008 2012 2016 2020
60
70
80%
AZ 53%
VA 70%
MN 78%
WI 75%
GA 65%
FL 71%
TX 59%
Voter turnout as percentage of eligible voters
Donald Trump (R)
66,338,504 votes
47.1 %
Jo Jorgensen
(Libertarian)
1,580,513 votes
Howie Hawkins
(Green Party)
375,238 votes
1.1% 0.3%
Joe Biden (D)
70,757,001 votes
50.3%
WISCONSIN In a nail-biter,
Biden is projected to win
Wisconsin, which Trump
took in 2016, by about
20,000 votes.
ARIZONA Democrats
flipped the state, which
hadn’t gone blue in a
presidential race since
1996.
NEBRASKA/MAINE
Split-voting systems
gave Trump 4 of 5
Nebraska votes and
Biden 3 of 4 Maine
votes.
THE BIG EVENT,
BY THE NUMBERS
As of Nov. 4 at 6 p.m., neither Biden nor Trump could claim
victory. Here’s how their stats compare. —Emily Barone
GETTING OUT THE VOTE
With an eager electorate—as well as pandemic-
related changes to the voting process, including
expanded early and mail-in voting—most states
saw increased voter turnout compared with 2016
BUILDING A
VICTORY
With 270 Electoral College votes
needed to win the White House,
each state plays its own role
in contributing to the total
projected votes for each
candidate.