While many Americans pay attention to the popular vote in the race for the White House (and the candidates often mention their success with it), the winner of the presidency is determined by the Electoral College and the number of electoral votes they get.
To win the presidency, a candidate must receive 270 electoral votes.
What are the battleground states for 2024?
NBC News has determined seven states to watch as battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential election: Arizona (11 electoral votes), Georgia (16), Michigan (15), Nevada (6), North Carolina (16), Pennsylvania (19) and Wisconsin (10).
Updating look at the electoral vote count
Here's an updating look at the electoral vote count in the race to 270:
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How many electoral votes does each state have?
Electoral vote numbers by state:
- Alabama: 9 votes
- Alaska: 3 votes
- Arizona: 11 votes
- Arkansas: 6 votes
- California: 54 votes
- Colorado: 10 votes
- Connecticut: 7 votes
- Delaware: 3 votes
- District of Columbia: 3 votes
- Florida: 30 votes
- Georgia: 16 votes
- Hawaii: 4 votes
- Idaho: 4 votes
- Illinois: 19 votes
- Indiana: 11 votes
- Iowa: 6 votes
- Kansas: 6 votes
- Kentucky: 8 votes
- Louisiana: 8 votes
- Maine: 4 votes
- Maryland: 10 votes
- Massachusetts: 11 votes
- Michigan: 15 votes
- Minnesota: 10 votes
- Mississippi: 6 votes
- Missouri: 10 votes
- Montana: 4 votes
- Nebraska: 5 votes
- Nevada: 6 votes
- New Hampshire: 4 votes
- New Jersey: 14 votes
- New Mexico: 5 votes
- New York: 28 votes
- North Carolina: 16 votes
- North Dakota: 3 votes
- Ohio: 17 votes
- Oklahoma: 7 votes
- Oregon: 8 votes
- Pennsylvania: 19 votes
- Rhode Island: 4 votes
- South Carolina: 9 votes
- South Dakota: 3 votes
- Tennessee: 11 votes
- Texas: 40 votes
- Utah: 6 votes
- Vermont: 3 votes
- Virginia: 13 votes
- Washington: 12 votes
- West Virginia: 4 votes
- Wisconsin: 10 votes
- Wyoming: 3 votes
