On Tuesday, November 5, American voters who had not already voted by mail or in advance had to go to the polls to decide between the two main candidates: Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
In this ballot by indirect universal suffrage, Americans vote for 538 electors, who designate the president. To win the election, a candidate must obtain an absolute majority, that is to say obtain the votes of 270 electors or more. Our map below colors states as reliable estimates are reported by the Associated Press, which is the reference.
The American states are classified below according to the number of electors they have but also according to their tendency to vote more for one of the two camps, or if they are undecided, according to the Cook political report, a publication which refers in non-partisan monitoring of elections in the United States.
States are ranked according to the number of electors they have, and classified according to their tendency to vote more for one of the two camps, or if they are undecided (source: Cook Political Report).
* The states of Maine (four electors) and Nebraska (five electors) appear several times because they allocate their electors according to legislative districts, and not simply to the candidate who comes first.
* The states of Maine (four electoral votes) and Nebraska (five electoral votes) appear multiple times because they award their electors based on congressional districts, and not to the overall winner statewide.
