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Editor's note: This page reflects the news on the campaign trail for the 2024 election Tuesday, Nov. 5. For the latest news and results from the presidential election, read USA TODAY's live ...
Who won the popular vote in 2024? As of 1:51 p.m. ET on Nov. 6, Trump had 71,790,131 popular votes and Harris had 66,985,924. Trump currently leads Harris by approximately 4.8 million votes.
The count verified that Trump and Vance won 312 Electoral College votes – well over the 270 needed for victory – while Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz received 226 votes.
Looking for current live Election Day voting results for the 2024 U.S. presidential race and Indiana? How to watch the latest coverage from polls and more.
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
Indiana was one of several states to back Trump as their candidate of choice in election results, who ultimately received the 270 electoral votes required Tuesday night to secure the presidency.
Prior to the election of 1824, most states did not have a popular vote. In the election of 1824, only 18 of the 24 states held a popular vote, but by the election of 1828, 22 of the 24 states held a popular vote. Minor candidates are excluded if they received fewer than 100,000 votes or less than 0.1% of the vote in their election year.
The first votes of the 2024 election have been counted in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the tiny town where all six registered voters go to the ballot box just after midnight on Election Day.