Most polls have closed in the United States as of late Tuesday night, but a number of races remain Too Early to Call or Too Close to Call.
North Carolina and Georgia are the first two of the seven swing states to be called by NBC News. Donald Trump is projected to win North Carolina and Georgia.
NBC has identified Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the key states to watch in 2024 and have determined them to be "battleground states."
Which are the most important swing states?
NBC News has identified seven states as key battlegrounds in the presidential election. Here is a list, by where the states rank in terms of electoral college votes.
- Pennsylvania: 19 votes
- Georgia: 16 votes
- North Carolina: 16 votes
- Michigan: 15 votes
- Wisconsin: 10 votes
- Arizona: 11 votes
- Nevada: 6 votes
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The election could come down to these 93 electoral votes.
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Who won the swing states in 2024?
Here are the current results from NBC News as of 1:30 a.m. ET Wednesday:
- Pennsylvania: Too Close to Call
- Georgia: Donald Trump (projected winner)
- North Carolina: Too Early to Call
- Michigan: Too Close to Call
- Wisconsin: Donald Trump (projected winner)
- Arizona: Too Early to Call
- Nevada: Too Close to Call
How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidential election?
To win the presidency, a candidate must secure 270 electoral votes — a majority of the 538 possible votes.
There are some unlikely scenarios where two candidates could wind up in a 269 to 269 electoral vote tie, in which case Congress would decide the presidency, NBC News reports.
