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Last Updated: Thursday, July 18 at 10:39 AM EDT

Our model currently predicts that Donald Trump has a 57% chance of winning .

The Keystone State, both in name and practice, Pennsylvania was widely regarded as the pivotal battleground, or most likely tipping-point state, in each of the last two presidential races. Its 19 electoral votes are the most of any state considered to be a true battleground in 2024, and are expected to be heavily contested by both campaigns in their path to 270. Pennsylvania has not backed a Republican for president by double digits since 1972, when 49-state landslide winner Richard Nixon won it by nearly 20 points; the last Republican to win the state's electoral votes twice was Ronald Reagan. Between 1992 and 2012, Pennsylvania voted Democrat in every presidential election, although doing so by single-digit margins each time apart from Barack Obama's 10.3% victory in 2008. In 2016, Republican Donald Trump narrowly carried the state by 0.7% in his upset sweep of the Rust Belt, marking the first Republican presidential victory in Pennsylvania since 1988, but four years later, he lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden—a native Pennsylvanian—by 1.2%.

CandidatePartyWin %

Donald Trump

57%

Joe Biden

INCUMBENT

43%

Chance of winning undefined over time

Our model is updated every day, blending the latest data on polls and fundraising with "fundamental" factors like incumbency and each district's partisan lean. Below is a chart over time of our best estimate of the most likely number of House seats each party will win, surrounded by a range of other plausible outcomes.

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Campaign Finance

An overview of each candidate's financial activity during the campaign, showing how much money they raised and spent. Campaign finance data can be a powerful indicator of a candidate's support base and overall campaign health.

Candidate

Donald Trump

Cash on hand

$116,565,075

Raised

$2,323,342

Spent

$82,177,202

Date

May 31, 2024

Candidate

Joe Biden

Cash on hand

$91,566,116

Raised

$89,239,587

Spent

$130,550,039

Date

May 31, 2024

Past Elections

This section displays the previous election results in previous elections for . By examining past election results, we can assess the historical performance and voter preferences in the state. This information is crucial for understanding trends and potential shifts in voter support.

2020 President Vote %Total Votes

Joe Biden

50.01%

3,458,229

Donald Trump

48.84%

3,377,674

Jo Jorgensen

1.15%

79,380

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