Who will win the presidency?
Hillary Clinton
53.5%
Donald Trump
46.5%
Electoral votes
Electoral votes
Hillary Clinton
Clinton
275.7
Donald Trump
Trump
261.7
Gary Johnson
Johnson
0.6
Popular vote
Hillary Clinton
Clinton
46.1%
Donald Trump
Trump
44.8%
Gary Johnson
Johnson
7.9%
# How the odds have changed
We'll be updating our forecasts every time new data is available, every day through Nov. 8.
# Who’s ahead in each state and by how much
Our win probabilities come from simulating the election 20,000 times, which produces a distribution of possible outcomes for each state. Here are the expected margins of victory. The closer the dot is to the center line, the tighter the race. And the wider the bar, the less certain the model is about the outcome.
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80% chance outcome falls in this range
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# It’s all about the 538 Electoral College votes
Here's a map of the country, with each state sized by its number of electoral votes and shaded by the leading candidate's chance of winning it.
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# How much each state matters
Two measures help capture how important a state and its voters will be in determining the next president: “Tipping-point chance” is the probability that a state will provide the decisive vote in the Electoral College. “Voter power index” is the relative likelihood that an individual voter in a state will determine the Electoral College winner.
Tipping-point chance
Florida | 16.7% |
Ohio | 10.9% |
Pennsylvania | 10.4% |
North Carolina | 6.8% |
Michigan | 6.3% |
Virginia | 6.0% |
Colorado | 4.5% |
Wisconsin | 3.8% |
Minnesota | 3.6% |
Iowa | 3.1% |
Nevada | 2.8% |
Oregon | 2.4% |
Georgia | 2.3% |
New Jersey | 2.2% |
Arizona | 2.2% |
Connecticut | 1.8% |
Washington | 1.8% |
New Mexico | 1.7% |
New Hampshire | 1.6% |
Texas | 1.2% |
South Carolina | 1.0% |
Missouri | 0.9% |
Maine - statewide | 0.9% |
Mississippi | 0.5% |
Illinois | 0.4% |
Delaware | 0.4% |
California | 0.4% |
North Dakota | 0.4% |
Rhode Island | 0.3% |
South Dakota | 0.3% |
Maine 2nd District | 0.3% |
Kentucky | 0.3% |
Maine 1st District | 0.3% |
Alaska | 0.2% |
Vermont | 0.2% |
Montana | 0.2% |
Nebraska 2nd District | 0.2% |
Indiana | 0.2% |
Massachusetts | 0.1% |
Utah | <0.1% |
Nebraska 1st District | <0.1% |
Kansas | <0.1% |
Tennessee | <0.1% |
New York | <0.1% |
Arkansas | <0.1% |
Louisiana | <0.1% |
Nebraska - statewide | <0.1% |
Alabama | <0.1% |
Idaho | <0.1% |
Maryland | <0.1% |
West Virginia | <0.1% |
Oklahoma | <0.1% |
Wyoming | <0.1% |
Hawaii | <0.1% |
Nebraska 3rd District | <0.1% |
District of Columbia | <0.1% |
Voter power index
Nevada | 3.4 |
New Hampshire | 2.9 |
New Mexico | 2.9 |
Ohio | 2.6 |
Iowa | 2.6 |
Pennsylvania | 2.4 |
Florida | 2.4 |
Colorado | 2.2 |
Virginia | 2.0 |
North Carolina | 1.9 |
Michigan | 1.8 |
Oregon | 1.7 |
Maine - statewide | 1.6 |
Wisconsin | 1.6 |
Minnesota | 1.6 |
Connecticut | 1.6 |
North Dakota | 1.4 |
Delaware | 1.2 |
Arizona | 1.2 |
South Dakota | 1.1 |
Maine 2nd District | 1.1 |
Alaska | 1.0 |
Vermont | 1.0 |
Rhode Island | 1.0 |
Nebraska 2nd District | 0.9 |
Maine 1st District | 0.9 |
New Jersey | 0.8 |
Georgia | 0.7 |
Washington | 0.7 |
South Carolina | 0.7 |
Montana | 0.5 |
Mississippi | 0.5 |
Nebraska 1st District | 0.5 |
Missouri | 0.4 |
Kentucky | 0.2 |
Texas | 0.2 |
Nebraska 3rd District | 0.1 |
Nebraska - statewide | 0.1 |
Illinois | 0.1 |
Wyoming | <0.1 |
Kansas | <0.1 |
Indiana | <0.1 |
Utah | <0.1 |
Arkansas | <0.1 |
Massachusetts | <0.1 |
Alabama | <0.1 |
California | <0.1 |
Tennessee | <0.1 |
New York | <0.1 |
Maryland | <0.1 |
Louisiana | <0.1 |
Idaho | <0.1 |
West Virginia | <0.1 |
Oklahoma | <0.1 |
Hawaii | <0.1 |
District of Columbia | <0.1 |
# What to expect from the Electoral College
A candidate needs at least 270 electoral votes to clinch the White House. In each of our simulations, we forecast the states and note the number of electoral votes each candidate wins. That gives us a distribution for each candidate, where the tallest bar is the outcome that occurred most frequently.
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# Who’s winning the popular vote
Our model produces a distribution of outcomes for the national popular vote. The curves will get narrower as the election gets closer and our forecasts become more confident.
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Average
80% chance outcome falls in this range
# Crazy and not-so-crazy scenarios
Here are the chances we’ll see these election outcomes.
| Electoral College deadlock no candidate gets 270 electoral votes | 0.5% |
| Recount at least one decisive state within 0.5 ppt | 5.9% |
| Clinton wins popular vote | 57.5% |
| Trump wins popular vote | 42.5% |
| Clinton wins popular vote but loses Electoral College | 5.5% |
| Trump wins popular vote but loses Electoral College | 1.5% |
| Johnson wins at least one electoral vote | 4.3% |
| Clinton majority wins at least 50 percent of the vote | 17.8% |
| Trump majority wins at least 50 percent of the vote | 10.9% |
| Clinton landslide double-digit popular vote margin | 11.4% |
| Trump landslide double-digit popular vote margin | 6.2% |
| Map exactly the same as in 2012 | 0.2% |
| Clinton wins at least one state Mitt Romney won in 2012 | 69.5% |
| Trump wins at least one state President Obama won in 2012 | 85.3% |
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Forecast models by Nate Silver. Research by Jennifer Kanjana and Dhrumil Mehta. Design and development by Jay Boice, Aaron Bycoffe, Reuben Fischer-Baum, Ritchie King, Ella Koeze, Allison McCann, Andrei Scheinkman and Gus Wezerek. Candidate portraits by Kristina Micotti. Have thoughts on our forecast? Notice any bugs or missing polls? Send us an email.
Who will win Florida?
Hillary Clinton
46.1%
Donald Trump
53.9%
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Who will win Ohio?
Hillary Clinton
46.1%
Donald Trump
53.9%
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Who will win Pennsylvania?
Hillary Clinton
55.1%
Donald Trump
44.8%
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Who will win North Carolina?
Hillary Clinton
39.2%
Donald Trump
60.8%
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Who will win Michigan?
Hillary Clinton
70.6%
Donald Trump
29.4%
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Who will win Virginia?
Hillary Clinton
59.3%
Donald Trump
40.6%
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Who will win Colorado?
Hillary Clinton
61.3%
Donald Trump
38.6%
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Who will win Wisconsin?
Hillary Clinton
67.9%
Donald Trump
32.0%
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Who will win Minnesota?
Hillary Clinton
63.8%
Donald Trump
36.0%
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Who will win Iowa?
Hillary Clinton
46.5%
Donald Trump
53.4%
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Who will win Nevada?
Hillary Clinton
48.1%
Donald Trump
51.8%
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Who will win Oregon?
Hillary Clinton
71.4%
Donald Trump
28.4%
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Who will win Georgia?
Hillary Clinton
19.5%
Donald Trump
80.5%
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Who will win New Jersey?
Hillary Clinton
77.8%
Donald Trump
22.1%
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Who will win Arizona?
Hillary Clinton
27.1%
Donald Trump
72.8%
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Who will win Connecticut?
Hillary Clinton
72.7%
Donald Trump
27.2%
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Who will win Washington?
Hillary Clinton
80.9%
Donald Trump
18.9%
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Who will win New Mexico?
Hillary Clinton
70.8%
Donald Trump
27.9%
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Who will win New Hampshire?
Hillary Clinton
47.8%
Donald Trump
52.1%
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Who will win Texas?
Hillary Clinton
10.6%
Donald Trump
89.4%
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Who will win South Carolina?
Hillary Clinton
17.0%
Donald Trump
82.9%
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Who will win Missouri?
Hillary Clinton
16.6%
Donald Trump
83.3%
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Who will win Maine?
Hillary Clinton
65.8%
Donald Trump
34.1%
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*Maine awards two electoral votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner of each congressional district. We’ve forecast each contest: StatewideDistrict 1District 2
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Who will win Mississippi?
Hillary Clinton
12.9%
Donald Trump
87.1%
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Who will win Illinois?
Hillary Clinton
91.4%
Donald Trump
8.6%
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Who will win Delaware?
Hillary Clinton
85.3%
Donald Trump
14.6%
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Who will win California?
Hillary Clinton
95.6%
Donald Trump
4.4%
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Who will win North Dakota?
Hillary Clinton
14.0%
Donald Trump
85.6%
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Who will win Rhode Island?
Hillary Clinton
88.4%
Donald Trump
11.4%
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Who will win South Dakota?
Hillary Clinton
14.3%
Donald Trump
85.4%
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Who will win Kentucky?
Hillary Clinton
9.2%
Donald Trump
90.7%
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Who will win Alaska?
Hillary Clinton
13.9%
Donald Trump
84.9%
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Who will win Vermont?
Hillary Clinton
88.1%
Donald Trump
11.6%
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Who will win Montana?
Hillary Clinton
11.2%
Donald Trump
87.5%
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Who will win Indiana?
Hillary Clinton
8.0%
Donald Trump
91.8%
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Who will win Massachusetts?
Hillary Clinton
96.1%
Donald Trump
3.7%
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Who will win Kansas?
Hillary Clinton
6.7%
Donald Trump
93.3%
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Who will win New York?
Hillary Clinton
95.4%
Donald Trump
4.6%
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Who will win Nebraska?
Hillary Clinton
5.0%
Donald Trump
94.9%
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*Nebraska awards two electoral votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner of each congressional district. We’ve forecast each contest: StatewideDistrict 1District 2District 3
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Who will win Alabama?
Hillary Clinton
3.1%
Donald Trump
96.9%
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Who will win Utah?
Hillary Clinton
7.9%
Donald Trump
91.8%
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Who will win Arkansas?
Hillary Clinton
4.3%
Donald Trump
95.6%
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Who will win Tennessee?
Hillary Clinton
5.5%
Donald Trump
94.5%
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Who will win Wyoming?
Hillary Clinton
2.9%
Donald Trump
96.6%
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Who will win Maryland?
Hillary Clinton
99.5%
Donald Trump
0.4%
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Who will win Louisiana?
Hillary Clinton
3.1%
Donald Trump
96.9%
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Who will win West Virginia?
Hillary Clinton
0.8%
Donald Trump
99.1%
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Who will win Hawaii?
Hillary Clinton
99.0%
Donald Trump
0.9%
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Who will win Idaho?
Hillary Clinton
1.4%
Donald Trump
98.6%
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Who will win D.C.?
Hillary Clinton
100.0%
Donald Trump
0.0%
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Who will win Oklahoma?
Hillary Clinton
0.4%
Donald Trump
99.6%
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