How can I track the 2024 presidential election results in key states today?
All everyone is talking about today is the presidential election, so you expect the news media to report wall to wall on the results, but you can filter out some of that noise by going straight to the source and reporting only the results. get what you want. especially from official sites in key states.
Today’s election day this year focuses on the race for the presidency between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. As with the last election cycle, experts predict a close race that could come down to the results of a handful of key battleground states. This year too, the turnout is expected to be high more than 84 million people early voting in the US so far, and states like Georgia is already reporting record numbers. By comparison: over 101 million people voted early in the 2020 general election.
Read on to find out where you can find official Election Day updates, and for more information, find out how to see what’s on your ballot this year and whether you can register to vote today in your state.
What are the main battlegrounds in 2024?
Due to the mechanics of the Electoral College system, it has often been the case in recent decades that presidential elections are ultimately decided by a handful of “battleground states,” also known as “swing states.” These are states with populations more evenly divided between Democratic and Republican voters than most others, making it more likely that they can “swing” either way during a presidential election and determine the outcome.
This year, seven states are considered key battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Here are the states whose results are likely to draw the most attention on Election Day.
Where can I get the official voting results for the major battleground states?
For each of these states, you can request Election Day results online through an official state government website, usually the Secretary of State’s site, but possibly also the State Board of Elections site. Below is where you can view the results for each battlefield status:
What’s an easier way to track results today?
Of course, if you’d rather not process election results this way and perhaps want something simpler while still reducing noise in the news feed, you have options. One of them is worth mentioning CNN’s New “Magic Wall” app, which shows at a glance how the results are progressing using a map of the US. States alternate between red or blue depending on the final results, and you can choose to see updated results for the presidential race, House races, Senate races, and governor races.
Numerous other outlets and organizations offer similar election updates via the Internet, with results maps available in places such as ABC news, Bloomberg, Reuters And 270toWin.
The easiest way to follow the elections is via Google
If even that’s too much and you want to follow the elections but don’t want to download an application or go to a specific website, you can use Google, which gets US election results from The Associated Press (AP), a reliable source with a long history history of accurate election results.
In Google, simply type “elections” or “election results” and a 2024 US election panel will appear at the top of Google, giving you several options to browse, including an overview (top stories, news and so on), dates, results, how to vote , where you can vote and more. In the Results tab, you’ll see the presidential results first (results are expected around 4:00 PM PT and later). You can browse Senate and House of Representatives results, gubernatorial races and ballot measures.
You can view election results nationally or by state.
If you’re an iPhone user, you can track the elections from your lock screen
If you’re an iPhone user, there’s an even easier way to follow the elections. Starting today, you can go to Apple News and sign up to receive live, up-to-date election results from your lock screen or right on your home screen. As long as you have an iPhone 14 Pro or newer, you can go to the News app and tap the Follow the elections live banner to get a large and interactive Live Activity widget that will allow you to view real-time election updates and results later in the day.
The Election Live Activities widget will go live later today.
When can we know the winner of the 2024 presidential election?
Don’t expect to learn the final results when the first polling stations on the East Coast are starting to close at 6:00 PM ET. Be wary of politicians or partisans calling the race early. Be wary of nonsense you may hear from so-called experts. Although there are some elections called on election night, you probably won’t know who won when you go to bed tonight.
In 2020, it lasted until Saturday after election day for the announcement of the results of the presidential race, and voters are warned to once again not expect a definitive result by the end of Election Day, November 5, largely due to the seemingly close nature of the race. The closer an election is to a particular state, the longer it takes for enough ballots to be counted to get the final result.
While we likely won’t wait for the results for another month, states must certify their election results by December 11.
For more information about the election, read where each candidate stands on the child tax credit and how the election could change the way we use the internet.
