Comparisons

2020 vs 2024

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The two maps

Every state painted by who carried it. Below, the states that changed hands.

2020Joe Biden · Democratic · 306 EV

2024Donald Trump · Republican · 312 EV

6 states flippedChanged party between 2020 and 2024. Colour shows the 2024 winner.

2020

Modern Polarization

Joe Biden

Democratic

Electoral votes: 306 of 538
EV margin: 74
Winner’s popular vote: 81,282,809 (51.3%)
Runner-up: Donald Trump (Rep), 232 electoral votes

2024

Modern Polarization

Donald Trump

Republican

Electoral votes: 312 of 538
EV margin: 86
Winner’s popular vote: 77,302,580 (49.7%)
Runner-up: Kamala Harris (Dem), 226 electoral votes

EV margin is the winner’s electoral votes minus those of the next-highest candidate. Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 2020, 2024 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2020 (Public domain (work of the U.S. government, 17 U.S.C. § 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled