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2024 Presidential Election: Which states are safe for Donald Trump?

2024 Presidential Election: Which states are safe for Donald Trump?

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By: Steve Buchanan

As the 2024 Presidential Election draws closer, the race for the White House enters the home stretch. Many voters will mail in their ballots all throughout the month of October, the official election day will take place on Tuesday, November 5th. To earn the White House in 2025, a candidate must achieve 270 Electoral Votes through the Electoral College.

As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump move their way through pivotal swing stats, which states are considered the most reliable for their respective party? For this article, we’ll look at the 20 states that Republicans and Donald Trump can rely upon to vote red in 2024.

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States that have voted Republican since 2000


The states listed below are ones that have voted Republican every Presidential election since 2000, which is a span of six Presidential Elections.

  • Idaho – 4 Electoral Votes
  • Montana – 4 Electoral Votes
  • Utah – 6 Electoral Votes
  • Wyoming – 3 Electoral Votes
  • North Dakota – 3 Electoral Votes
  • South Dakota – 3 Electoral Votes
  • Nebraska* – 4 Electoral Votes
  • Kansas – 6 Electoral Votes
  • Oklahoma – 7 Electoral Votes
  • Texas – 40 Electoral Votes
  • Missouri – 10 Electoral Votes
  • Arkansas – 6 Electoral Votes
  • Louisiana – 8 Electoral Votes
  • West Virginia – 4 Electoral Votes
  • Kentucky – 8 Electoral Votes
  • Tennessee – 11 Electoral Votes
  • Mississippi – 6 Electoral Votes
  • Alamaba – 9 Electoral Votes
  • South Carolina – 9 Electoral Votes
  • Alaska – 3 Electoral Votes

TOTAL ELECTORAL VOTES: 154

*Nebraska is one of two states that has split Electoral Votes, along with Maine. Nebraska joined Maine in 1992 as the only two states where a “winner-take-all” is not used. These states use what’s called a “congressional district method.” This means, the state gives two electoral votes to the state popular winner. The others are then given to the popular vote winner in each congressional district. The state of Nebraska has three while Maine has two. A split in Nebraska in the 2008 election, giving Barack Obama an electoral vote. While Nebraska is heavily Republican, all electoral votes would not be considered “safe” and meet this criteria.


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