About and sources

VOTEVIEW.LIVE is an independent, nonpartisan election results site. We aren't affiliated with any campaign, party, news organization or prediction market.

Where the numbers come from

Vote counts come from election results as reported on election night. They're unofficial until each state certifies its results.

This is a development build. Its data is a snapshot of VOTEVIEW.LIVE version 1, whose counts are AP-sourced. The production version will read official state and county results feeds directly.

Analyst posts

The analysts feed shows public posts from election analysts and reporters on Bluesky, as published there by their authors; each links to the original post, and we don't edit or endorse them.

Calls

A race shows as called only when a decision desk has called it, and we always say who: “Called by AP.” When we make our own projections, they'll read “VOTEVIEW.LIVE projects…”, and the method will be published on this page.

How to read the page

• Counted is the share of the expected total vote that has been reported, based on the results source's turnout estimate.
• Still out is the expected vote minus the votes counted, rounded the way people would say it.
• vs 2024 (the shift) compares a race's Democratic-minus-Republican margin with the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. An arrow leaning left means the race moved toward Democrats. An arrow leaning right means it moved toward Republicans.
• Solid color on a map means called. Hatched means leading but not called.

Maps

Boundaries are public-domain U.S. Census Bureau cartographic files: states, counties, the 120th Congress districts and, for Alaska, the 2024 state house districts.

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Photos

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