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2024 United States presidential election in Missouri

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The 2024 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Missouri voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Missouri has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.[1]

2024 United States presidential election in Missouri
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Nominee Donald Trump Kamala Harris
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Florida California
Running mate JD Vance Tim Walz
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,739,047 1,190,823
Percentage 58.4% 40.0%
County results
President before election

Joe Biden
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

As he did in the previous two presidential elections, Republican Donald Trump easily won Missouri in 2024, this time by an 18.4% margin. Prior to the election, all major news organizations considered Missouri a state Trump would win, or a red state.[2] Formerly a bellwether state, Missouri has trended towards the Republican Party in recent years and since the late 2010s has been considered a GOP stronghold at both the federal and state levels.

Democrat Kamala Harris won the same jurisdictions that Joe Biden did in 2020, as did Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Obama in 2012: Jackson County, home to Kansas City; Boone County, home to Columbia; the independent city of St. Louis; and St. Louis County, which contains many of St. Louis's closest suburbs.

Primary elections

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Republican caucuses

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Main article: 2024 Missouri Republican presidential caucuses

The Missouri Republican caucuses was held on March 2, 2024, alongside the Republican caucuses in Idaho and Michigan.

Missouri Republican caucus, March 2, 2024[3][4]
Candidate State delegates Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 924 100.00 54 0 54
Nikki Haley 0 0.00 0 0 0
David Stuckenberg 0 0.00 0 0 0
Total: 924 100 54 0 54

Democratic primary

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Main article: 2024 Missouri Democratic presidential primary

The Missouri Democratic primary was held on March 23, 2024, alongside the Democratic primary in Louisiana.

Missouri Democratic primary, March 22, 2024[5]
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Pledged Unpledged Total
Joe Biden (incumbent) 16,295 85.3% 61
Uncommitted 2,229 11.7% 3
Marianne Williamson 298 1.6%
Dean Phillips (withdrawn) 178 0.9%
Stephen Lyons (withdrawn) 40 0.2%
Jason Palmer 36 0.2%
Armando Perez-Serrato 24 0.1%
Total: 19,100 100.0% 64 6 70

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[6] Solid R December 19, 2023
Inside Elections[7] Solid R April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[9] Safe R December 14, 2023
CNalysis[10] Solid R December 30, 2023
CNN[11] Solid R January 14, 2024
The Economist[12] Safe R June 12, 2024
538[13] Solid R October 18, 2024
RCP[14] Likely R June 26, 2024
NBC News[15] Safe R October 6, 2024

Polling

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Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Kamala
Harris
Democratic 		Other /
Undecided
Research Co.[16] November 2–3, 2024 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 54% 39% 7%
ActiVote[17] October 6–27, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 58% 42% –
ActiVote[18] September 8 – October 10, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 57% 43% –
Emerson College[19] September 12–13, 2024 850 (LV) ± 3.3% 53% 43% 4%[b]
55%[c] 43% 2%[b]
Change Research (D)[20] September 11–13, 2024 1,237 (RV) ± 3.1% 50% 41% 9%
GQR (D)[21] September 6–12, 2024 645 (LV) ± 3.9% 55% 44% 1%
August 23, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends his presidential campaign and endorses Donald Trump.
August 19–22, 2024 Democratic National Convention
ActiVote[22] July 25 – August 22, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 59% 41% –
YouGov/Saint Louis University[23] August 8–16, 2024 900 (LV) ± 3.8% 54% 41% 5%[d]

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Kamala
Harris
Democratic 		Cornel
West
Independent 		Jill
Stein
Green 		Chase
Oliver
Libertarian 		Other /
Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[24] October 28–29, 2024 721 (LV) ± 3.6% 54% 40% – 1% 1% 4%
Hypothetical polling with Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Other /
Undecided
Emerson College[25] June 17–19, 2024 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 53% 40% 7%
John Zogby Strategies[26][A] April 13–21, 2024 509 (LV) – 49% 43% 8%
Emerson College[27] January 23–28, 2024 1,830 (RV) ± 2.2% 49% 32% 19%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[28] October 10–11, 2023 806 (RV) ± 3.6% 52% 39% 9%
SurveyUSA[29] October 27 – November 1, 2022 991 (RV) ± 3.7% 52% 34% 14%
Emerson College[30] October 26–28, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 53% 37% 9%
Emerson College[31] September 23–27, 2022 1,160 (LV) ± 2.8% 51% 37% 12%
SurveyUSA[32] September 14–18, 2022 830 (RV) ± 3.9% 52% 35% 13%
SurveyUSA[33] July 24–27, 2022 1,981 (RV) ± 2.7% 51% 35% 14%
SurveyUSA[34] May 11–15, 2022 1,412 (LV) ± 3.2% 50% 35% 15%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[35] September 18–20, 2021 1,014 (LV) ± 2.9% 55% 36% 9%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[36] April 21–22, 2021 933 (LV) ± 3.0% 53% 38% 9%

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Robert
Kennedy Jr
Independent 		Cornel
West
Independent 		Jill
Stein
Green 		Other /
Undecided
Emerson College[25] June 17–19, 2024 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 50% 35% 7% 1% 1% 6%
Hypothetical polling with other candidates

Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Robert
Kennedy Jr.
Independent 		Other /
Undecided
John Zogby Strategies[26][A] April 13–21, 2024 509 (LV) – 45% 42% 13%

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Joe Biden

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Robert
Kennedy Jr.
Independent 		Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Other /
Undecided
John Zogby Strategies[26][A] April 13–21, 2024 509 (LV) – 51% 36% 13%

Results

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2024 United States presidential election in Missouri[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican
1,739,020 58.37 +1.57
Democratic
1,190,806 39.97 −1.44
Libertarian
23,754 0.80 −0.56
Green
16,956 0.57 +0.30
Write-in 8,515 0.29 n/a
Total votes 2,979,051 100.00

Analysis

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Missouri is a Midwestern state with heavy Southern cultural influence, having been a Southern border state and contested between the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. A nigh-infallible bellwether state for the bulk of the 20th century well into the 2000s (backing the winner of all but one presidential election for a century, from 1904 to 2004, the exception being 1956 by just 0.22% and less than 4,000 votes), Missouri has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2000. It is widely understood to have lost its bellwether status when Democrat Barack Obama of neighboring Illinois failed to carry the state in either of his presidential victories, followed by Republican Donald Trump carrying it by more than 15% in all three of his election bids.

As half the state is located in the conservative Bible Belt, with the southern portion of the state being part of the Upland South, Missouri has drifted away from being a political bellwether towards the Republican Party in the 21st century and is now a strongly red state, with Republicans occupying every statewide office since 2023. Democratic strength in Missouri is nowadays largely limited to the Kansas City and St. Louis areas, as well as the college town of Columbia.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ a b "Someone else" with 1%
  3. ^ With voters who lean towards a given candidate
  4. ^ "Other" with 3%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b c Poll conducted for Kennedy's campaign

References

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