When will we know the presidential election results?
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots—but it may take days to know whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump has clinched the 2024 election. Several factors influence how long it could take to determine a winner.
If the race is tight, it could take days for every ballot to be counted; last-minute legal challenges, mechanical failures and weather emergencies could prolong results further. Here’s what you need to know. It will depend on how close the election gets.
In states where one candidate is dominant, races are often called quickly, sometimes as soon as polls close. But the process can take far longer in places where the vote is neck-and-neck. Polls have shown a tight presidential race in seven key battleground states that are expected to shape this year’s election: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona.
The Harris campaign predicted Monday that Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan would deliver near-complete results on Tuesday night, with Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona reporting partial results. Harris-Walz campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon told reporters the campaign expected additional results from Wisconsin and Pennsylvania early Wednesday, with Arizona and Nevada coming in the rest of the week. “We believe this race is going to be incredibly close, so we may not know the results of this election for several days," she said.
Polls close at different times across the country, ranging from 6 p.m. ET in parts of Indiana and Kentucky to 1 a.m. ET in part of Alaska.
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