November 5, 2020

Joe Biden Defeats Incumbent President

Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump with 303 electoral votes, winning 26 states.

Joe Biden

303 EV

270 to win

Donald Trump

235 EV

303

235

270

Joe Biden wins

303

Electoral Votes

51.3%

Popular Vote

States Carried

158,496,405

Total Votes Cast

Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 303 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 235. Joe Biden received 51.3% of the popular vote and carried 26 states. Compared to the previous election, 79 counties changed parties—16 flipped Republican and 63 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
2020	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	303-235	D+4.5%	DEM
2016	Hillary Clinton	Donald Trump	232-306	D+2.1%	GOP
2012	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney	329-209	D+3.9%	DEM
2008	Barack Obama	John McCain	356-182	D+7.3%	DEM
2004	John Kerry	George W. Bush	242-296	R+2.5%	GOP

State-by-State Results

26 Dem25 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	2020	2016	2012	2008	2004
District of Columbia	3	D+86.8	D+86.8	D+83.6	D+85.9	D+79.8
Vermont	3	D+35.4	D+26.4	D+35.6	D+37.0	D+20.1
Maryland	10	D+33.2	D+26.9	D+26.1	D+25.4	D+13.0
Massachusetts	11	D+33.2	D+26.8	D+23.1	D+25.8	D+25.2
Hawaii	4	D+29.5	D+32.2	D+42.7	D+45.2	D+8.7
California	54	D+29.1	D+30.0	D+23.1	D+24.0	D+9.9
New York	28	D+23.1	D+22.5	D+28.2	D+26.9	D+18.3
Rhode Island	4	D+20.6	D+15.4	D+27.4	D+28.0	D+20.8
Connecticut	7	D+20.1	D+13.6	D+17.3	D+22.4	D+10.4
Washington	12	D+19.2	D+15.7	D+14.8	D+17.2	D+7.2
Delaware	3	D+19.0	D+11.4	D+18.6	D+25.0	D+7.6
Illinois	19	D+16.9	D+16.9	D+16.8	D+25.1	D+10.3
Oregon	8	D+16.1	D+11.0	D+12.1	D+16.4	D+4.2
New Jersey	14	D+16.0	D+14.0	D+17.7	D+15.6	D+6.7
Colorado	10	D+13.5	D+4.9	D+5.4	D+8.9	R+4.7
New Mexico	5	D+10.8	D+8.2	D+10.2	D+15.1	R+0.8
Virginia	13	D+10.1	D+5.3	D+3.9	D+6.3	R+8.2
Maine	4	D+8.6	D+2.7	D+15.2	D+17.3	D+9.0
New Hampshire	4	D+7.3	D+0.4	D+5.6	D+9.7	D+1.4
Minnesota	10	D+7.1	D+1.5	D+7.7	D+10.2	D+3.5
Michigan	15	D+2.8	R+0.2	D+9.5	D+16.5	D+3.4
Nevada	6	D+2.4	D+2.4	D+6.7	D+12.6	R+2.6
Pennsylvania	19	D+1.2	R+0.7	D+5.4	D+10.3	D+2.5
Wisconsin	10	D+0.6	R+0.8	D+6.9	D+13.9	D+0.4
Arizona	11	D+0.3	R+3.5	R+9.0	R+8.5	R+10.4
Georgia	16	D+0.3	R+5.1	R+7.8	R+5.2	R+16.6
North Carolina	16	R+1.4	R+3.7	R+2.0	D+0.3	R+12.4
Florida	30	R+3.4	R+1.2	D+0.9	D+2.8	R+5.0
Texas	40	R+5.6	R+9.0	R+15.8	R+11.8	R+22.9
Ohio	17	R+8.0	R+8.0	D+3.0	D+4.6	R+2.1
Iowa	6	R+8.2	R+9.3	D+5.8	D+9.5	R+0.7
Alaska	3	R+10.2	R+14.8	R+14.0	R+21.5	R+25.9
South Carolina	9	R+11.7	R+14.3	R+10.5	R+9.0	R+17.1
Kansas	6	R+14.7	R+20.4	R+21.6	R+15.0	R+25.4
Missouri	10	R+15.3	R+18.5	R+9.4	R+0.1	R+7.2
Indiana	11	R+16.1	R+19.0	R+10.2	D+1.0	R+20.7
Montana	4	R+16.4	R+20.2	R+13.6	R+2.4	R+20.5
Mississippi	6	R+16.5	R+17.8	R+11.5	R+13.2	R+19.7
Louisiana	8	R+18.6	R+19.6	R+17.2	R+18.6	R+14.5
Nebraska	5	R+19.1	R+25.1	R+21.8	R+14.9	R+33.2
Utah	6	R+20.2	R+17.9	R+47.9	R+28.2	R+45.5
Tennessee	11	R+23.2	R+26.0	R+20.4	R+15.0	R+14.3
Alabama	9	R+25.5	R+28.1	R+22.2	R+21.6	R+25.6
Kentucky	8	R+25.9	R+29.8	R+22.7	R+16.2	R+19.9
South Dakota	3	R+26.2	R+29.8	R+18.0	R+8.4	R+21.3
Arkansas	6	R+27.6	R+27.8	R+23.7	R+19.9	R+9.8
Idaho	4	R+30.8	R+31.8	R+31.9	R+25.4	R+38.1
Oklahoma	7	R+33.1	R+36.4	R+33.5	R+31.3	R+31.1
North Dakota	3	R+33.4	R+35.7	R+19.6	R+8.6	R+27.4
West Virginia	4	R+38.9	R+41.7	R+26.7	R+13.1	R+12.9
Wyoming	3	R+43.4	R+46.3	R+40.8	R+32.2	R+39.8

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

16 total

Kenedy County, Texas, TXR+40.0%Zapata County, Texas, TXR+38.3%Reeves County, Texas, TXR+30.9%La Salle County, Texas, TXR+24.2%Frio County, Texas, TXR+21.0%

11 more counties(Seeker)

Flipped Democratic

63 total

Inyo County, California, CAD+13.5%Stafford County, Virginia, VAD+12.3%Frederick County, Maryland, MDD+12.0%Hays County, Texas, TXD+11.7%Lynchburg city, Virginia, VAD+11.6%

58 more counties(Seeker)

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