Electoral College Simulator
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Award the biggest states to either candidate and watch the scoreboard build toward that number.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Award the biggest states to either candidate and watch the scoreboard build toward that number.
Presidents are not elected by national vote total. Each state gets electoral votes equal to its senators plus its representatives, and almost every state awards all of them to whoever wins the state. Award the biggest prizes below to either candidate and watch the scoreboard build toward the 270 it takes to win.
Where the facts on this page come from: Each state’s electoral-vote count is the apportionment for the 2024 election, published by the National Archives. A candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes: 270.