The 2028 Election, State by State

State-by-state 2028 presidential election guides: is each state red or blue, primary dates, electoral votes, battleground status and candidate standing. Start with the early primary states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada — then work through the battlegrounds that decide the general election.

All Tracked States — Projected Primary Order

2028 state outlooks with partisan lean, electoral votes and projected primary dates
StateRed or blueElectoral votes2024 marginProjected primary
IowaRed state6R +13.2January 12, 2028 (projected)
New HampshireLight blue state4D +2.8January 25, 2028 (projected)
South CarolinaRed state9R +17.9February 5, 2028 (projected)
NevadaPurple state6R +3.1February 8, 2028 (projected)
MichiganPurple state15R +1.4February 22, 2028 (projected)
PennsylvaniaPurple state19R +1.7April 25, 2028 (projected)
WisconsinPurple state10R +0.9April 4, 2028 (projected)
GeorgiaPurple state16R +2.2March 7, 2028 (projected)
ArizonaPurple state11R +5.5March 14, 2028 (projected)
North CarolinaLight red state16R +3.2March 7, 2028 (projected)
CaliforniaBlue state54D +20.1March 7, 2028 (projected)
TexasRed state, narrowing40R +13.7March 7, 2028 (projected)
FloridaRed state30R +13.1March 21, 2028 (projected)
OhioRed state17R +11.2March 14, 2028 (projected)

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