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In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
Vice President Harris' 2024 vote total has now surpassed President-elect Trump's total in 2020 for third-highest of all time.. Why it matters: The Trump-Harris popular vote margin is the narrowest since Bush vs. Gore in 2000, despite Trump's decisive electoral college victory. Reality check: Harris won 7 million fewer voters than President Biden's 81.3 million in 2020, easily the highest total ...
In the election of 1824, only 18 of the 24 states held a popular vote, but by the election of 1828, 22 of the 24 states held a popular vote. Minor candidates are excluded if they received fewer than 100,000 votes, or less than .1% of the vote in their election year.
A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win. Kamala Harris has 226 electoral votes and 48.3% percent of the popular vote. Donald Trump has 312 electoral votes and 49.9% percent of the popular...
In 2020, President Biden won six of the seven closely watched states. This year, President-elect Donald Trump won all seven — plus is on track to win a majority of the popular vote, according to AP.
And, as of Wednesday morning Trump was leading Harris by nearly five million votes in the popular vote — a margin that could shrink or grow as final results roll in.
Biden received more than 81 million votes in the 2020 presidential election, according to the Federal Election Commission. That's just over 51% of the popular vote.
View live election results from the 2024 presidential race as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face off. See the map of votes by state as results are tallied.
President Joe Biden won the popular vote by a roughly 4% margin when he ran against Donald Trump in 2020. According to data from the Federal Election Commission, Biden earned more than 81...
Click on an election year in the interactive below to learn more about the candidates and political parties and to view electoral and popular vote counts. The table below the interactive also provides the historical results.