2020 Presidential Election

November 3, 2020 · The Polarized Era · 538 electoral votes, 270 to win

The pandemic election: record mail voting drove turnout to 66% of eligible voters, the highest since 1900, and Biden rebuilt the blue wall while flipping Georgia and Arizona. The result was certified through an unprecedented wave of legal challenges and the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

Elected

Joe Biden

Democratic

Electoral vote

306 of 538

Popular vote

51.3%

81,283,501 votes

Turnout

66.6%

VEP 65.3% · VAP 62.8%

The result

EV share
Joe BidenDemocraticKamala Harris306
81,283,50151.31%26
Donald TrumpRepublicanMike Pence232
74,223,97546.85%25
Jo JorgensenLibertarianSpike Cohen—1,865,5351.18%—
Howie HawkinsGreenAngela Walker—407,0680.26%—

157,780,079 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

AlabamaDonald Trump62.0%9Joe Biden · 36.6%
AlaskaDonald Trump52.8%3Joe Biden · 42.8%
ArizonaJoe Biden49.4%11Donald Trump · 49.1%
ArkansasDonald Trump62.4%6Joe Biden · 34.8%
CaliforniaJoe Biden63.5%55Donald Trump · 34.3%
ColoradoJoe Biden55.4%9Donald Trump · 41.9%
ConnecticutJoe Biden59.3%7Donald Trump · 39.2%
DelawareJoe Biden58.7%3Donald Trump · 39.8%
District of ColumbiaJoe Biden92.2%3Donald Trump · 5.4%
FloridaDonald Trump51.2%29Joe Biden · 47.9%
GeorgiaJoe Biden49.5%16Donald Trump · 49.2%
HawaiiJoe Biden63.7%4Donald Trump · 34.3%
IdahoDonald Trump63.8%4Joe Biden · 33.1%
IllinoisJoe Biden57.5%20Donald Trump · 40.5%
IndianaDonald Trump57.0%11Joe Biden · 41.0%
IowaDonald Trump53.1%6Joe Biden · 44.9%
KansasDonald Trump56.1%6Joe Biden · 41.5%
KentuckyDonald Trump62.1%8Joe Biden · 36.1%
LouisianaDonald Trump58.5%8Joe Biden · 39.9%
MaineJoe Biden53.1%2Donald Trump · 44.0%
MarylandJoe Biden65.4%10Donald Trump · 32.1%
MassachusettsJoe Biden65.6%11Donald Trump · 32.1%
MichiganJoe Biden50.6%16Donald Trump · 47.8%
MinnesotaJoe Biden52.4%10Donald Trump · 45.3%
MississippiDonald Trump57.6%6Joe Biden · 41.1%
MissouriDonald Trump56.8%10Joe Biden · 41.4%
MontanaDonald Trump56.9%3Joe Biden · 40.5%
NebraskaDonald Trump58.2%2Joe Biden · 39.2%
NevadaJoe Biden50.1%6Donald Trump · 47.7%
New HampshireJoe Biden52.7%4Donald Trump · 45.4%
New JerseyJoe Biden57.3%14Donald Trump · 41.4%
New MexicoJoe Biden54.3%5Donald Trump · 43.5%
New YorkJoe Biden60.9%29Donald Trump · 37.7%
North CarolinaDonald Trump49.9%15Joe Biden · 48.6%
North DakotaDonald Trump65.1%3Joe Biden · 31.8%
OhioDonald Trump53.3%18Joe Biden · 45.2%
OklahomaDonald Trump65.4%7Joe Biden · 32.3%
OregonJoe Biden56.5%7Donald Trump · 40.4%
PennsylvaniaJoe Biden49.9%20Donald Trump · 48.7%
Rhode IslandJoe Biden59.4%4Donald Trump · 38.6%
South CarolinaDonald Trump55.1%9Joe Biden · 43.4%
South DakotaDonald Trump61.8%3Joe Biden · 35.6%
TennesseeDonald Trump60.7%11Joe Biden · 37.5%
TexasDonald Trump52.1%38Joe Biden · 46.5%
UtahDonald Trump58.1%6Joe Biden · 37.6%
VermontJoe Biden66.1%3Donald Trump · 30.7%
VirginiaJoe Biden54.1%13Donald Trump · 44.0%
WashingtonJoe Biden58.0%12Donald Trump · 38.8%
West VirginiaDonald Trump68.6%5Joe Biden · 29.7%
WisconsinJoe Biden49.5%10Donald Trump · 48.8%
WyomingDonald Trump69.9%3Joe Biden · 26.6%

The state table accounts for 304 of Joe Biden's 306 official electoral votes; 229 of Donald Trump's 232 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.

The Congress it seated

117th Congress

2021–2023

Unified government

Senate

46–51

Democratic vs Republican · 2 others

House

222–213

Democratic vs Republican