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
26
States Carried
158,496,401
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, 81 counties changed parties—16 flipped Republican and 65 flipped Democratic.
2020 National Results
Electoral College
270 needed to winDemocrat
Joe Biden
303
electoral votes
Republican
Donald Trump
235
electoral votes
303
235
270
Popular Vote
158,496,401 total votesJoe Biden51.3%
81,277,664 votes
Donald Trump46.8%
74,222,055 votes
D+4.5% margin
(7,055,609 vote difference)
Source: Official state election returnsJoe Biden elected president
State Results
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State-by-State Results
26 Dem25 Rep
Battleground States (Margin < 5%)
| State | EV | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 3 | D+86.8 |
| Vermont | 3 | D+35.4 |
| Maryland | 10 | D+33.2 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | D+33.2 |
| Hawaii | 4 | D+29.5 |
| California | 54 | D+29.1 |
| New York | 28 | D+23.1 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | D+20.6 |
| Connecticut | 7 | D+20.1 |
| Washington | 12 | D+19.2 |
| Delaware | 3 | D+19.0 |
| Illinois | 19 | D+16.9 |
| Oregon | 8 | D+16.1 |
| New Jersey | 14 | D+16.0 |
| Colorado | 10 | D+13.5 |
| New Mexico | 5 | D+10.8 |
| Virginia | 13 | D+10.1 |
| Maine | 4 | D+8.6 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | D+7.3 |
| Minnesota | 10 | D+7.1 |
| Michigan | 15 | D+2.8 |
| Nevada | 6 | D+2.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | D+1.2 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | D+0.6 |
| Arizona | 11 | D+0.3 |
| Georgia | 16 | D+0.3 |
| North Carolina | 16 | R+1.4 |
| Florida | 30 | R+3.4 |
| Texas | 40 | R+5.6 |
| Ohio | 17 | R+8.0 |
| Iowa | 6 | R+8.2 |
| Alaska | 3 | R+10.2 |
| South Carolina | 9 | R+11.7 |
| Kansas | 6 | R+14.7 |
| Missouri | 10 | R+15.3 |
| Indiana | 11 | R+16.1 |
| Montana | 4 | R+16.4 |
| Mississippi | 6 | R+16.5 |
| Louisiana | 8 | R+18.6 |
| Nebraska | 5 | R+19.1 |
| Utah | 6 | R+20.2 |
| Tennessee | 11 | R+23.2 |
| Alabama | 9 | R+25.5 |
| Kentucky | 8 | R+25.9 |
| South Dakota | 3 | R+26.2 |
| Arkansas | 6 | R+27.6 |
| Idaho | 4 | R+30.8 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | R+33.1 |
| North Dakota | 3 | R+33.4 |
| West Virginia | 4 | R+38.9 |
| Wyoming | 3 | R+43.4 |