United States Presidential election 2020 — Results
Election day: November 3, 2020
- Joe Biden (Democratic): 51.31%, 306 seats
- Donald Trump (Republican): 46.86%, 232 seats
- Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian): 1.18%
Turnout: 66.60%
About this election
The electoral system
As in every presidential year, the contest was decided by the Electoral College, with 270 of 538 votes needed to win. The 2020 election was notable for its split districts in the two states that divide their electors: Nebraska awarded one vote to Biden from its second district (Omaha), while Maine awarded one to Trump from its second district, mirroring in reverse the 2016 pattern.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
In numbers
- 4.45 points separated Joe Biden (Democratic) from Donald Trump (Republican) — 7,059,526 votes.
- Joe Biden (Democratic) converted 51.31% of the vote into 306 of 538 seats (56.88%), 5.57 points more than its vote share.
- The top two shared 98.17% of the vote between them, and 2 lists cleared 5%.
- Turnout of 66.60% is the highest of the 3 presidential elections covered here since 2016.
Calculated from the official figures on this page and from the other elections of this type in our archive.
Understanding this election
- How Live Election Data Is Collected and Verified — from ballot box to published figure
- Why Turnout Figures Disagree — why two sources publish different turnout for one election
- Presidential vs Parliamentary Elections — why forming a government takes months in some systems