2020 United States presidential election in Illinois

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2020 United States presidential election in Illinois
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  2016 November 3, 2020 2024  
Turnout72.14% Increase2.svg
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Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence
Electoral vote200
Popular vote3,471,9152,446,891
Percentage57.54%40.55%

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President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

The 2020 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. [1] Illinois voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and his running mate, Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana, against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California. Illinois had 20 votes in the Electoral College. [2] Prior to the 2020 election, all news organizations predicted Illinois was a state that Biden would win, or otherwise considered a safe blue state.

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Biden carried Illinois, winning 57.54% of the vote to Trump's 40.55%, winning by roughly the same 17-point margin by which Hillary Clinton carried the state in 2016. Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen, a native of Grayslake, won 1.1% of the state's vote, with other minor candidates winning less than 1%. Biden's win in Illinois was largely the result of a lopsided 74.3% victory in Cook County, the state's most populous county and the home of Chicago. In fact, without Cook County, Illinois would have been carried by Trump.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden's strength came from a coalition of key Democratic constituencies: he garnered 92% of votes from Blacks; 68% from Latinos, including 67% of Latinos of Mexican heritage; 53% from union households; and 50% of Whites. [3] Biden flipped McLean County (Bloomington-Normal) and Kendall County (in the Chicago metropolitan area), both of which had voted for Barack Obama in 2008, but then for Mitt Romney in 2012 and Trump in 2016. [4] [5] Biden became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to be elected president without winning formerly Democratic leaning Alexander County, solidifying its rural shift towards Republicans in elections; he also became the first to do so without carrying Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Knox, Mercer, Putnam, Warren, or Whiteside counties since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Illinois was one of five states in the nation in which Biden's victory margin was larger than one million raw votes, the others being California, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York.

Primary elections

Illinois held its primary elections as scheduled, despite concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [6] Election officials in Illinois acknowledged that they believed turnout was unusually low. [6]

In the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 28.36%, with 2,279,439 votes cast. [7] The 28.36% turnout marked an 18.2 percentage point decrease from the turnout in the 2016 state-run presidential primaries, but a similar turnout to the 2000, 2004, and 2012 presidential primaries.

The state-run primary elections for the Democratic and Republican parties were held on March 17, 2020. [7] The Green Party had organized its own primary on March 14, 2020.

Democratic primary

The 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 17, 2020, as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Major candidates included Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Results by county
Biden--50-60%
Biden--60-70%
Biden--70-80%
Sanders--40-50% Illinois Democratic presidential primary election results by county, 2020 (margins).svg
Results by county
  Biden—50–60%
  Biden—60–70%
  Biden—70–80%
  Sanders—40–50%

2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary [7]
CandidateVotes %Delegates [8]
Joe Biden 986,66158.9495
Bernie Sanders 605,70136.1860
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 1] 25,5001.52
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 1] 24,4131.46
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 2] 9,7290.58
Tulsi Gabbard 9,6420.58
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 3] 4,0210.24
Cory Booker (withdrawn)2,6840.16
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 2] 1,6840.10
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 3] 1,5670.09
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 3] 1,3460.08
John Delaney (withdrawn)1,1850.07
Total1,674,133100%155

Republican primary

The 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 17, 2020, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

Incumbent president Donald Trump won the primary with over 96 percent of the vote. [9] Joe Walsh, a former member of the House of Representatives from Illinois, announced the launch of his campaign in August 2019 and dropped out in February 2020. Rocky De La Fuente, a businessman from California, also challenged Trump, achieving 4% of the vote. Richard Mayers, a 2016 Green Party candidate, was a write-in candidate here.

2020 Illinois Republican Party presidential primary [7] [10]
CandidatePopular voteDelegates
CountPercentage
Donald Trump (incumbent)520,95695.98%67
Rocky De La Fuente 21,8334.02%0
Richard Mayers write-in110.00%0
Total:542,800100%67

Green

2020 Illinois Green Party presidential primary
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  2016 March 14, 2020

27 Green National Convention delegates
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Candidate Howie Hawkins Dario Hunter
Party Green Green
Home state New York California
Delegate count207
Popular voteunknownunknown
Percentage73%27%

The 2020 Illinois Green Party presidential primary was held from March 14, 2020, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Green Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It was run by the Green Party of Illinois.

Illinois Green Party presidential primary, March 14, 2020 [11]
CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates
Howie Hawkins 73%20
Dario Hunter 27%7
Total100.00%27

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [12] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
Inside Elections [13] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [14] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
Politico [15] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
RCP [16] Likely DNovember 3, 2020
Niskanen [17] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
CNN [18] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
The Economist [19] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
CBS News [20] Likely DNovember 3, 2020
270towin [21] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
ABC News [22] Solid DNovember 3, 2020
NPR [23] Safe DNovember 3, 2020
NBC News [24] Likely DNovember 3, 2020
538 [25] Safe DNovember 3, 2020

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Donald
Trump

Republican
Other/
Undecided
[lower-alpha 4]
Margin
270 to Win October 17 – November 2, 2020November 3, 202056.3%37.7%6.0%
FiveThirtyEight until November 2, 2020November 3, 202055.0%39.0%6.0%
Average55.7%38.4%5.9%Biden +17.3

Polls

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 5]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump

Republican
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Jo
Jorgensen

Libertarian
Howie
Hawkins

Green
Other Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 20 – Nov 2, 20205,643 (LV)± 2%40% [lower-alpha 6] 58%--
Research Co. Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2020450 (LV)± 4.6%38%55%--1% [lower-alpha 7] 6%
Victory Research Oct 28 – Nov 1, 20201,208 (LV)± 2.82%38%54%--4%4%
Swayable Archived November 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020485 (LV)± 6%44%55%1%0%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 1–28, 20208,056 (LV)41%57%--
Swayable Oct 23–26, 2020424 (LV)± 6.2%43%54%2%1%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Sep 1–30, 20208,392 (LV)36%61%--3%
Victory Research Sep 23–26, 20201,208 (LV)± 2.82%40%53%--4%3%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Aug 1–31, 20206,773 (LV)38%60%--2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jul 1–31, 20207,565 (LV)38%59%--2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jun 8–30, 20203,000 (LV)39%59%--2%

Results

The election was not close with Biden winning by a nearly 17-point margin. Biden only won 14 of the state's 102 counties; however, those 14 counties account for more than half the state's total electorate. Key to Biden's landslide victory was heavily populated Cook County, home of Chicago, which he won with over 74% of the vote. Biden also did well in the suburban (collar) counties of Chicago, winning all of them easily except for McHenry County. Biden also did well in St. Clair County, located in the St Louis metropolitan area. Biden also managed to flip two counties, Kendall County and McLean County. Biden also made history by earning the most votes ever cast in an Illinois presidential election. Biden received 3,471,915 votes. This is more than then-Senator Obama in 2008 when he received 3,419,348, but less than Senator Dick Durbin's 3,615,844 votes in the 2008 Senate race.

On December 14, Illinois's 20 electors met in the Illinois State Capitol to cast their votes for Biden and Harris formally. [26]

2020 United States presidential election in Illinois [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
3,471,915 57.54% +1.71%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence
2,446,89140.55%+1.79%
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen
66,5441.10%−2.69%
Green Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker
30,4940.51%−0.88%
American Solidarity Brian Carroll
Amar Patel
9,5480.16%N/A
Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva
Leonard Peltier [lower-alpha 8]
8,0460.13%N/A
Write-in 3060.01%−0.23%
Total votes6,033,744 100.00%

By county

CountyJoe Biden
Democratic
Donald Trump
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Adams 8,63325.75%24,22072.24%6742.01%−15,587−46.49%33,527
Alexander 1,11442.50%1,48656.70%210.80%−372−14.20%2,621
Bond 2,28828.02%5,62568.89%2523.09%−3,337−40.87%8,165
Boone 10,54242.09%13,88355.43%1,7332.48%−3,341−13.34%25,048
Brown 48619.25%1,93176.48%1084.27%−1,445−57.23%2,525
Bureau 6,66938.12%10,41159.51%4142.37%−3,742−21.39%17,494
Calhoun 67724.41%2,04673.78%501.81%−1,369−49.37%2,773
Carroll 2,74834.19%5,10563.52%1842.29%−2,357−29.33%8,037
Cass 1,61530.32%3,62568.06%861.62%−2,010−37.74%5,326
Champaign 57,06759.71%35,28536.92%3,2213.37%21,78222.79%95,573
Christian 4,33526.71%11,56371.24%3332.05%−7,228−44.53%16,231
Clark 1,99323.81%6,22674.39%1501.80%−4,233−50.58%8,369
Clay 1,12916.36%5,62981.59%1412.05%−4,500−65.23%6,899
Clinton 4,49323.38%14,30474.45%4172.17%−9,811−51.07%19,214
Coles 8,06735.59%14,03761.92%5642.49%−5,970−26.33%22,668
Cook 1,725,97374.22%558,26924.01%41,1631.77%1,167,70450.21%2,325,405
Crawford 2,20223.32%7,04374.60%1962.08%−4,841−51.28%9,441
Cumberland 1,14219.52%4,60178.66%1061.82%−3,459−59.14%5,849
DeKalb 24,64351.35%21,90545.65%1,4413.00%2,7385.70%47,989
DeWitt 2,19127.25%5,63270.06%2162.69%−3,441−42.81%8,039
Douglas 2,33526.66%6,22771.08%1982.26%−3,892−44.42%8,760
DuPage 281,22257.66%193,61139.69%12,9302.65%87,61117.97%487,763
Edgar 1,88722.98%6,19375.41%1321.61%−4,306−52.43%8,212
Edwards 48814.49%2,83384.12%471.39%−2,345−69.63%3,368
Effingham 3,71619.47%15,00678.64%3611.89%−11,290−59.17%19,083
Fayette 1,82618.12%8,05579.94%1951.94%−6,229−61.82%10,076
Ford 1,75425.18%5,04872.46%1652.36%−3,294−47.28%6,967
Franklin 4,76025.50%13,62272.97%2871.53%−8,862−47.47%18,669
Fulton 6,50338.88%9,86759.00%3542.12%−3,364−20.12%16,724
Gallatin 62223.25%2,01975.48%341.27%−1,397−52.25%2,675
Greene 1,34921.63%4,77076.48%1181.89%−3,421−54.85%6,237
Grundy 9,62635.98%16,52361.75%6072.27%−6,897−25.77%26,756
Hamilton 82419.06%3,43279.39%671.55%−2,608−60.33%4,323
Hancock 2,31524.62%6,90673.44%1821.94%−4,591−48.82%9,403
Hardin 44920.77%1,69178.21%221.02%−1,242−57.44%2,162
Henderson 1,18732.47%2,39465.48%752.05%−1,207−33.01%3,656
Henry 9,79738.12%15,30059.53%6042.35%−5,503−21.41%25,701
Iroquois 2,90820.71%10,87777.45%2581.84%−7,969−56.74%14,043
Jackson 11,18149.22%10,89047.94%6472.84%2911.28%22,718
Jasper 1,00718.03%4,49480.45%851.52%−3,487−62.42%5,586
Jefferson 4,60826.43%12,47671.55%3522.02%−7,868−45.12%17,436
Jersey 2,96124.76%8,71272.84%2872.40%−5,751−48.08%11,960
Jo Daviess 5,10940.79%7,16657.21%2502.00%−2,057−16.42%12,525
Johnson 1,28119.86%5,05978.43%1101.71%−3,778−58.57%6,450
Kane 130,16656.14%96,77541.74%4,9352.12%33,39114.40%231,876
Kankakee 20,27140.51%28,53257.02%1,2372.47%−8,261−16.51%50,040
Kendall 33,16851.66%29,49245.93%1,5452.41%3,6765.73%64,205
Knox 10,70346.12%12,00951.75%4962.13%−1,306−5.63%23,208
Lake 204,03260.78%123,59436.82%8,0492.40%80,43823.96%335,675
LaSalle 22,44241.80%30,11356.09%1,1322.11%−7,671−14.29%53,687
Lawrence 1,41922.10%4,88676.08%1171.82%−3,467−53.98%6,422
Lee 6,40738.97%9,63058.58%4032.45%−3,223−19.61%16,440
Livingston 4,61526.81%12,20870.92%3912.27%−7,593−44.11%17,214
Logan 3,84028.81%9,13668.55%3512.64%−5,296−39.74%13,327
Macon 19,84740.07%28,58957.72%1,0982.21%−8,742−17.65%49,534
Macoupin 7,36530.60%16,15367.11%5522.29%−8,788−36.51%24,070
Madison 57,83642.04%76,03155.27%3,6912.69%−18,195−13.23%137,558
Marion 4,52425.86%12,67872.47%2921.67%−8,154−46.61%17,494
Marshall 2,00531.60%4,19766.15%1432.25%−2,192−34.55%6,345
Mason 1,98529.26%4,65468.59%1462.15%−2,669−39.33%6,785
Massac 1,72525.30%4,99773.29%961.41%−3,272−47.99%6,818
McDonough 4,99240.50%7,02757.00%3082.50%−2,035−16.50%12,327
McHenry 78,15447.49%82,26049.98%4,1642.53%−4,106−2.49%164,578
McLean 43,93350.27%40,50246.35%2,9523.38%3,4313.92%87,387
Menard 2,02229.08%4,76468.51%1682.41%−2,742−39.43%6,954
Mercer 3,28036.80%5,41860.78%2162.42%−2,138−23.98%8,914
Monroe 6,56930.98%14,14266.69%4952.33%−7,573−35.71%21,206
Montgomery 3,90528.38%9,54469.36%3122.26%−5,639−40.98%13,761
Morgan 5,07633.11%9,95064.89%3072.00%−4,874−31.78%15,333
Moultrie 1,66224.60%4,96473.48%1301.92%−3,302−48.88%6,756
Ogle 9,42835.79%16,24861.69%6642.52%−6,820−25.90%26,340
Peoria 43,57851.90%38,25245.55%2,1432.55%5,3266.35%83,973
Perry 2,61225.94%7,31372.61%1461.45%−4,701−46.67%10,071
Piatt 3,32933.79%6,24863.43%2742.78%−2,919−29.64%9,851
Pike 1,48418.63%6,33279.50%1491.87%−4,848−60.87%7,965
Pope 43319.90%1,72279.14%210.96%−1,289−59.24%2,176
Pulaski 89133.87%1,69964.58%411.55%−808−30.71%2,631
Putnam 1,33839.41%1,99358.70%641.89%−655−19.29%3,395
Randolph 3,59224.09%11,07674.29%2421.62%−7,484−50.20%14,910
Richland 1,83022.66%6,08975.39%1581.95%−4,259−52.73%8,077
Rock Island 36,69154.81%28,60342.72%1,6532.47%8,08812.09%66,947
Saline 2,78925.15%8,10373.07%1971.78%−5,314−47.92%11,089
Sangamon 48,91746.52%53,48550.87%2,7402.61%−4,568−4.35%105,142
Schuyler 1,06827.26%2,77370.78%771.96%−1,705−43.52%3,918
Scott 57220.85%2,11477.07%572.08%−1,542−56.22%2,743
Shelby 2,50420.67%9,42677.80%1851.53%−6,922−57.13%12,115
St. Clair 68,32553.17%57,15044.47%3,9302.36%11,1758.70%128,505
Stark 81528.24%2,00469.44%672.32%−1,189−41.20%2,886
Stephenson 9,05540.95%12,52156.63%5352.42%−3,466−15.68%22,111
Tazewell 24,81935.83%42,51361.37%1,9442.80%−17,694−25.54%69,276
Union 2,57928.96%6,16169.19%1641.85%−3,582−40.23%8,904
Vermilion 10,32332.62%20,72565.50%5941.88%−10,402−32.88%31,642
Wabash 1,25322.35%4,23775.57%1172.08%−2,984−53.22%5,607
Warren 3,09039.00%4,67659.01%1581.99%−1,586−20.01%7,924
Washington 1,64120.72%6,11577.20%1652.08%−4,474−56.48%7,921
Wayne 1,18713.97%7,17684.43%1361.60%−5,989−70.46%8,499
White 1,51720.41%5,79177.93%1231.66%−4,274−57.52%7,431
Whiteside 12,25344.67%14,52752.95%6532.38%−2,274−8.28%27,433
Will 183,91553.11%155,11644.80%7,2352.09%28,7998.31%346,266
Williamson 10,20630.26%22,80167.60%7232.14%−12,595−37.34%33,730
Winnebago 64,05649.98%60,86147.49%3,2432.53%3,1952.49%128,160
Woodford 6,16028.65%14,79968.83%5432.52%−8,639−40.18%21,502
Totals3,471,91557.39%2,446,89140.45%130,6942.16%1,025,02416.94%6,049,500
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Biden won 12 of the 18 congressional districts, Trump won 6 including one that elected a Democrat. [28]

DistrictBidenTrumpRepresentative
1st 73.9%24.7% Bobby Rush
2nd 77.5%21.2% Robin Kelly
3rd 55.5%42.9% Dan Lipinski
Marie Newman
4th 80.7%17.3% Chuy García
5th 72.1%26% Mike Quigley
6th 55.3%42.6% Sean Casten
7th 86.3%12.1% Danny Davis
8th 59.2%39% Raja Krishnamoorthi
9th 71%27.4% Jan Schakowsky
10th 64.3%34% Brad Schneider
11th 61.9%36.2% Bill Foster
12th 41.9%56.1% Mike Bost
13th 47%50.5% Rodney Davis
14th 50.2%47.8% Lauren Underwood
15th 25.9%72.2% Mary Miller
16th 40.9%56.9% Adam Kinzinger
17th 48.1%49.7% Cheri Bustos
18th 36.8%61% Darin LaHood

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Candidate withdrew after Super Tuesday during early voting.
  2. 1 2 Candidate withdrew shortly before Super Tuesday during early voting.
  3. 1 2 3 Candidate withdrew after the New Hampshire primary when early voting had already begun.
  4. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  5. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  6. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  7. "Someone else" with 1%
  8. Peltier was replaced in August 2020 by Sunil Freeman as the Party for Socialism and Liberation's nominee for Vice President. However, his name remains on the ballot in Illinois.

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The 2020 United States presidential election in Iowa was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Iowa voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Iowa has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Kansas</span> Election in Kansas

The 2020 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris of California. Kansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania</span> Election in Pennsylvania

The 2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Pennsylvania voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)</span> Election in Washington

The 2020 United States presidential election in Washington was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia participated. Washington voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee</span> Election in Tennessee

The 2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Tennessee voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Tennessee has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Maryland</span> U.S. presidential election in Maryland

The 2020 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Maryland has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Virginia</span> Election in Virginia

The 2020 United States presidential election in Virginia was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Virginia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Virginia has 13 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Vermont</span> Election in Vermont

The 2020 United States presidential election in Vermont was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Vermont voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Vermont has three electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Utah</span> Election in Utah

The 2020 United States presidential election in Utah was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Utah voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Utah has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts</span> Election in Massachusetts

The 2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska</span> Election in Nebraska

The 2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nebraska voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Nebraska has five electoral votes in the Electoral College, two from the state at large, and one each from the three congressional districts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Michigan</span> Election in Michigan

The 2020 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Michigan voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and his running mate, Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California. Michigan had 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina</span> Election in North Carolina

The 2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. North Carolina voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state was narrowly won by the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. North Carolina had 15 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

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