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Georgia's electoral votes

A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the election.

ATLANTA — Georgia has 16 electoral votes and the presidential candidate who wins the peach state will take them all.

Georgia was once a reliably Republican state but over the past two years, the state is shifting. In 2018, Democrat Stacey Abrams narrowly lost the governor’s race to Gov. Brian Kemp. Now, in the 2020 presidential race, Georgia has yet to be called.

The Electoral College ultimately decides the winner once all votes around the country are counted. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the election.

Analysts have labeled Georgia a swing state or battleground state for this race.

In the days before the election, both President Donald Trump’s and former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaigns made multiple stops in Georgia. The day before the election, President Obama campaigned for Biden in Atlanta. On Sunday, President Trump held a rally in Rome, Ga.

Number of electoral votes for each state

Alabama - 9 electoral votes

Alaska - 3 electoral votes

Arizona - 11 electoral votes 

Arkansas - 6 electoral votes 

California - 55 electoral votes 

Colorado - 9 electoral votes 

Connecticut - 7 electoral votes 

Delaware - 3 electoral votes 

District of Columbia - 3 electoral votes 

Florida - 29 electoral votes 

Georgia - 16 electoral votes 

Hawaii - 4 electoral votes 

Idaho - 4 electoral votes 

Illinois - 20 electoral votes 

Indiana - 11 electoral votes 

Iowa - 6 electoral votes 

Kansas - 6 electoral votes 

Kentucky - 8 electoral votes 

Louisiana - 8 electoral votes 

Maine - 4 electoral votes 

Maryland - 10 electoral votes 

Massachusetts - 11 electoral votes 

Michigan - 16 electoral votes 

Minnesota - 10 electoral votes 

Mississippi - 6 electoral votes 

Missouri - 10 electoral votes 

Montana - 3 electoral votes 

Nebraska - 5 electoral votes 

Nevada - 6 electoral votes 

New Hampshire - 4 electoral votes 

New Jersey - 14 electoral votes 

New Mexico - 5 electoral votes 

New York - 29 electoral votes 

North Carolina - 15 electoral votes 

North Dakota - 3 electoral votes 

Ohio - 18 electoral votes 

Oklahoma - 7 electoral votes 

Oregon - 7 electoral votes 

Pennsylvania - 20 electoral votes 

Rhode Island - 4 electoral votes 

South Carolina - 9 electoral votes 

South Dakota - 3 electoral votes 

Tennessee - 11 electoral votes 

Texas - 38 electoral votes 

Utah - 6 electoral votes 

Vermont - 3 electoral votes 

Virginia - 13 electoral votes 

Washington - 12 electoral votes 

West Virginia - 5 electoral votes 

Wisconsin - 10 electoral votes 

Wyoming - 3 electoral votes

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