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2024 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 2024 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Pennsylvania voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state lost a seat.[2]
Pennsylvania held the largest electoral prize of all major swing states in 2024. As such, it was generally forecasted that the winner of the state was highly likely to win the entire election. According to statistician Nate Silver, the state's winner was estimated to have a 90% chance of winning the presidency.[3] Major news organizations marked it as a tossup in the lead-up to the election.[4]
Trump won Pennsylvania with 50.4% of the vote to Kamala Harris's 48.7%, defeating her by a margin of roughly 1.71% and flipping the state. This was the largest margin of victory for a Republican candidate since 1988, as well as the first time since that election that a Republican won over 50% of the state vote.
Trump's victory is seen to have contributed to down-ballot victories for Republicans who won the races for the US Senate, Attorney General, Treasurer and Auditor General. Except for the Senate race, all 2024 Pennsylvania Republican statewide candidates won over 50% of the vote.[5] Trump received more than 3.5 million votes, the most cast for any candidate in Pennsylvania history.
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Primary elections
Democratic primary
Republican primary
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General election
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Voting law changes
In 2022, no-excuse mail-in voting was upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.[8] Automatic voter registration was enacted in 2023, helping to register citizens when getting a driver's license.[9]
Trump assassination attempt
On July 13, 2024, Trump was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt while holding a campaign rally west of Butler, Pennsylvania. The former president was struck in the right ear while on stage and was surrounded by Secret Service agents until the shooter was killed by members of the Counter Assault Team. One rally-goer, Corey D. Comperatore of Sarver, PA, died and two others were critically injured.[10][11]
Predictions
Polling
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump
Aggregate polls
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver
Aggregate polls
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Jill Stein
Hypothetical polling with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Hypothetical polling with Joe Biden and Donald Trump
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Jill Stein
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West
Hypothetical polling with other candidates
Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Donald Trump
Gavin Newsom vs. Donald Trump
Gretchen Whitmer vs. Donald Trump
JB Pritzker vs. Donald Trump
Josh Shapiro vs. Donald Trump
Josh Shapiro vs. Donald Trump vs Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Jill Stein
Pete Buttigieg vs. Donald Trump
Joe Biden vs. Nikki Haley
Joe Biden vs. Nikki Haley vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Joe Biden vs. Nikki Haley vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein
Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis
Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Ron DeSantis
Results
By county
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Trump won nine of 17 congressional districts, with the remaining eight going to Harris, including one that elected a Republican.[270]
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Analysis
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A Northeastern swing state within the Rust Belt, Pennsylvania was seen as a pure toss-up this cycle. In 2016, Republican Donald Trump narrowly carried the state by 0.7% in his upset sweep of the Rust Belt and the first Republican presidential victory in Pennsylvania since 1988, but four years later lost the state to Democratic nominee Joe Biden by 1.2% as the latter defeated the former nationwide.
Compared to 2020, Trump gained in nearly every county except for a few scattered around the interior of the state. His strongest gains were concentrated in Northeastern Pennsylvania, which, prior to his first run in 2016, was Democratic and historically had an economy focused around coal mining. He also made notable gains in the Philadelphia area, even in the suburban counties that had shifted against him in both of his past runs.
Trump placed first in 58 counties, four more than he did in 2020. He won Erie and Northampton counties, which voted for him in 2016 and Biden in 2020. He was the first Republican to win Bucks since George H. W. Bush in 1988, and to win Monroe since George W. Bush in 2004.[269]
Exit poll data
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Partisan clients
- Poll conducted for The Times, Stanford University, Arizona State University, and Yale University
- Poll sponsored by American Thinker
- Poll sponsored by Trump's campaign
- Poll conducted for the University of Austin
- Poll sponsored by Jacobin
- Poll sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
- Poll commissioned by AARP
- Poll sponsored by Spotlight PA
- Poll conducted for the Cato Institute
- Poll sponsored by NumbersUSA
- Poll sponsored by The Daily Mail
- Poll sponsored by The Heartland Institute
- Poll conducted for Kennedy's campaign
- Poll sponsored by The Heritage Foundation
- Poll conducted for the John Bolton Super PAC
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