People vote at a polling station at Meadows Mall in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Frederic J. Brown, AFP

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House, with polls nearly all closed across the United States early Wednesday -- but a long wait for results still expected. 

US media have thus far projected that Trump has won in 23 states, including big prizes Texas  and Ohio, key battleground North Carolina and other reliably Republican-leaning states. 

Harris has so far captured 14 states including big electoral vote prizes California and New York  -- as well as the US capital Washington. 

So far, that gives Trump 227 electoral votes and Harris 189.  

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The magic number to win the presidency is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested race for  the White House to come down to a handful of key battleground states. 

The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on the projections of US media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC/NBc News, ABC and CBS. 

HARRIS (189) 

California (54) 
Colorado (10) 
Connecticut (7) 
Delaware (3) 
District of Columbia (3)

Hawaii (4) 
Illinois (19)  

Maryland (10) 

Massachusetts (11) 

New York (28) 

Oregon (8) 

Rhode Island (4) 
Vermont (3) 

Virginia (13) 
Washington (12)

tRUMP (227) 

Alabama (9) 
Arkansas (6) 
Florida (30) 
Idaho (4) 
Indiana (11) 
Iowa (6) 
Kansas (6) 
Kentucky (8) 
Louisiana (8) 
Mississippi (6) 
Missouri (10) 
Montana (4)  
North Carolina (16)
North Dakota (3) 
Ohio (17)  
Oklahoma (7) 
South Carolina (9)
South Dakota (3) 
Tennessee (11)  
Texas (40) 
Utah (6) 
West Virginia (4) 
Wyoming (3)