As the clock strikes 8 p.m. ET, polling stations are closing in several states, marking a crucial moment in the 2024 election. Among these states are key battlegrounds like Pennsylvania and Florida, where a significant number of electoral votes are up for grabs.
Here is a breakdown of the states where polls are closing and the electoral votes at stake in each:
- Alabama: 9 electoral votes
- Connecticut: 7 electoral votes
- Delaware: 3 electoral votes
- District of Columbia: 3 electoral votes
- Florida: 30 electoral votes
- Illinois: 19 electoral votes
- Maine: 4 electoral votes
- Maryland: 10 electoral votes
- Massachusetts: 11 electoral votes
- Mississippi: 6 electoral votes
- Missouri: 10 electoral votes
- New Hampshire: 4 electoral votes
- New Jersey: 14 electoral votes
- Oklahoma: 7 electoral votes
- Pennsylvania: 19 electoral votes
- Rhode Island: 4 electoral votes
- Tennessee: 11 electoral votes
In order to secure the presidency, the presidential candidates must reach a minimum of 270 electoral votes.
Pennsylvania holds a pivotal role in this election, being the most crucial battleground state. Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have identified Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes as essential to their potential paths to victory.
In the 2016 election, Trump made history by becoming the first Republican to win Pennsylvania since George H.W. Bush in 1988, clinching the state by a margin of just over 44,000 votes. However, in 2020, Joe Biden, a native of Pennsylvania, managed to flip the state, winning by a slim margin of just over 80,000 votes.
