As of September 7th, the forecast indicates that it’s unclear whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win the presidency.
Kamala Harris currently has a 47% chance of being elected America’s next president. She’s projected to win between 152 and 428 electoral college votes.
Donald Trump currently has a 53% chance of re-taking the white house. He’s projected to win between 110 and 386 electoral college votes.
The model is updated daily, blending state and national polls with non-polling predictors, like economic growth and presidential approval, to generate a range of potential outcomes in the electoral college. As we get closer to election day, the uncertainty around the estimate will decrease.
Each day, the model simulates thousands of plausible election results, from landslide victories to tightly contested races. Each candidate’s probability of winning is the proportion of simulations that they’ve won.
There is a less than 1% chance of a tie in the electoral college.
State-level results determine the makeup of the electoral college. Most states heavily favor a particular party, leaving a few competitive battlegrounds that will be decisive in determining the next president. Hover/click to see more information about a particular state.
The model first constructs a polling average, pooling data across similar states when polls are sparse. It then projects forward to election day, initially relying on non-polling indicators like economic growth and partisanship, but aligning more closely with the polling average as election day approaches.
From the thousands of simulations, the model can see how the electoral college outcome changes when each candidate wins in a specific state. If Harris wins in a red-leaning state, for example, it’s likelier that she also wins in competitive states.
Sources: Ballotpedia; Cook Political Report; The Economist; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; FiveThirtyEight; Urban Stats; 270towin.com
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