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The Upshot

Tracking Which News Outlets Have Called the Presidential Race in Each State

By Eric Athas, Seth Carlson, John Keefe, Claire Cain Miller, Alicia Parlapiano and Margot Sanger-Katz

News organizations have declared or projected winners in most states, but several battleground states have still not been called. Networks had said they planned to be more cautious than in past elections.

All major networks project Joseph R. Biden Jr. has won the presidency. This page is no longer being updated; full results are here.

*ABC News has said they are not projecting a winner in Wisconsin, but characterizing Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the apparent winner. ABC has included Wisconsin in its electoral count for Mr. Biden.·Note: Maine and Nebraska do not allocate all of their electoral votes on a statewide winner-take-all basis, which is why individual districts are listed separately.

These organizations, including The New York Times, weigh a range of data before states and races are called for a candidate. That includes poll data in races that are not very competitive, which is why races can be called so early. In closer races, the data includes a detailed analysis of the votes counted and remaining.

Each organization may use a different threshold for making projections. The Associated Press, for example, may decide not to call a winner if the margin between the top two candidates is less than 0.5 of a percentage point. Decision makers at NBC News will not project races unless they are at least 99.5 percent confident of the winner.