Many states will not have full results on election night, but news organizations will still be able to announce or project winners based on partial results in most states. Networks have said they plan to do this more cautiously than in previous elections.
Voting is closed in eight states. We will update this page, as the state’s call to outlets continues in the presidential race.
Maine and Nebraska do not allocate all of their electoral votes on a statewide winner-take-all basis, which is why individual districts are listed separately.
These organizations, including The New York Times, count a lot of data before calling states and races for candidates. It includes race data that is not very competitive, which is why the race can be called so early. In the nearest race, the data includes a detailed analysis of the count and the remaining votes. Each organization can use a different threshold to make predictions. The Associated Press, for example, may decide not to call a winner if the margin between the two candidates above is less than 0.5 percentage points. NBC News decision makers will not project the race unless they trust at least 99.5 percent of the winners.
