Presidential election results 2020

By Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Veronica Rocha, Melissa Mahtani and Amanda Wills, CNN

Updated 2:44 p.m. ET, November 23, 2020
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8:01 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

CNN Projection: Biden wins Massachusetts

Joe Biden will win Massachusetts, CNN projects.

There are 11 electoral votes at stake in Massachusetts. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Who won in 2016: Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the state, and President Trump won the general election.

8:01 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

CNN Projection: Biden wins Delaware

Joe Biden will win Delaware, CNN projects.

There are three electoral votes at stake in Delaware. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Who won in 2016: Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the state, and President Trump won the general election.

8:01 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

CNN Projection: Biden wins DC

Joe Biden will win the District of Columbia, CNN projects.

There are three electoral votes at stake in DC. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Who won in 2016: Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the district, and President Trump won the general election.

8:00 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

CNN Projection: Biden wins Maryland

Joe Biden will win Maryland, CNN projects.

There are 10 electoral votes at stake in Maryland. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Who won in 2016: Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the state, and President Trump won the general election.

8:07 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

CNN Projection: Trump wins Oklahoma

Voters wait in line at sunset to cast their ballots for the 2020 U.S. presidential election at Life.Church in Edmond, Oklahoma on Tuesday.
Voters wait in line at sunset to cast their ballots for the 2020 U.S. presidential election at Life.Church in Edmond, Oklahoma on Tuesday. Nick Oxford/Reuters

President Trump will win Oklahoma, CNN projects.

There are seven electoral votes at stake in Oklahoma. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Who won in 2016: President Trump carried the state and won the general election.

8:05 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

Burst pipe delays absentee ballot processing in Fulton County, Georgia

From CNN’s Nick Valencia and Jason Morris

A worker at the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections works to process absentee ballots at the State Farm Arena Monday, Nov. 2, in Atlanta.
A worker at the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections works to process absentee ballots at the State Farm Arena Monday, Nov. 2, in Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP

Absentee ballot processing in Fulton County, Georgia, has been delayed due to a burst pipe, county spokesperson Regina Waller said.

According to Waller, a pipe burst at State Farm Arena above the processing room for all absentee ballots in Fulton County, but no ballots were damaged.

“The matter caused the start of work today to be delayed by four hours,” Waller said.

“The team is prepared to continue working to complete processing of absentee ballots,” Waller added.

8:05 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

3 in 5 Trump voters name economy as most important issue while one-third of Biden voters say racial inequality

From CNN’s Grace Sparks

Trump voters heavily favored the economy as the most important issue to their vote, with around 3 in 5 saying so, according to early exit polls. The issue of crime and safety followed at a distance for those voters. 

One-third of voters who back Joe Biden, meanwhile, said racial inequality was their most important issue, followed by almost 3 in 10 who said it was coronavirus, 1 in 10 who said health care policy, and 1 in 10 who said the economy.

About this year's exit polls: CNN's exit polls this year incorporate in-person interviews at early voting locations and telephone interviews to target by-mail voters. Those surveys are in addition to the in-person interviews with voters on Tuesday. In every state where exit poll results are available on election night, there will be a combined result to reflect a complete picture of voters across the country.

To account for the large share of early in-person voters in critical states such as North Carolina, Florida and Texas, Edison Research has spent the past month conducting the same type of in-person interviewing that it does on Election Day at a random selection of early voting locations around eight states.  

Read more about exit polls during a pandemic here.

7:50 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

CNN Projection: Biden wins Vermont

Joe Biden will win Vermont, CNN projects.

There are three electoral votes at stake in Vermont. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Who won in 2016: Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the state, and President Trump won the general election.

8:23 p.m. ET, November 3, 2020

A close look at the narrow margins in Florida counties compared to 2016

From CNN's Maureen Chowdhury and Dan Merica

As ballot counts from Florida are quickly coming in, the tight margins for both President Trump and Joe Biden compared to 2016 results are making this a race to watch.

Joe Biden is currently underperforming Hillary Clinton's 2016 results in Miami-Dade County. "If you're looking for trouble signs in the Biden campaign, it is right here in Miami-Dade," CNN's John King said. Hillary Clinton had a wider margin in the county in 2016 and still lost the state. Biden will have to make it up in other counties, King added.

President Trump is underperforming in Duval County, which includes all of Jacksonville, a population center Trump won in 2016, but swung back to Democrats two years later when the party’s gubernatorial candidate carried the county.

The area around Tampa is also central to a Trump win: The President unexpectedly carried Pinellas County in 2016, a swing that signified it would be a tough night for Democrats.

King said that Trump's performance among suburban voters will be significant overall.