Joe Biden’s projected win in his native state of Pennsylvania put him past the 270 total electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Before Trump’s 2016 win, the state voted for Democrats in six consecutive presidential elections. The Keystone State was the fourth closest state in the 2016 presidential election. See 2020 primary results
CNN will broadcast a projected winner only after an extensive review of data from a number of sources.
"Flipped seat" denotes a race where the 2020 projected winner is from a different party than the previous winner or incumbent.
Both Maine and Nebraska allow electoral votes to be split. In Maine, two of four electoral votes go to the statewide winner and one electoral vote goes to the winner in each of the two congressional districts. In Nebraska, two of five electoral votes go to the winner of the statewide vote. One electoral vote goes to the winner in each of Nebraska's three congressional districts.