When can we expect a winner to be announced in presidential election 2024?

You whitethorn retrieve (or whitethorn person forced yourself to forget) that it took 4 days to task that Joe Biden had won nan 2020 statesmanlike election.

This clip around, contempt polls showing nan closest predetermination successful much than six decades, we expect that nan consequence will beryllium clear successful overmuch little time.

Here’s a look, based connected 2016 title projections from nan Associated Press, astatine erstwhile Americans mightiness cognize nan personality of nan 47th president. 

Follow on pinch The Post’s sum of nan 2024 election

• Widespread voting problems reported successful 2 heavy Republican Pennsylvania counties
• JD Vance cautiously assured arsenic he casts ballot for Trump: ‘You ne'er cognize until you know’
• Keep yourself up to day pinch The Post’s liveblog astir nan election
• Philadelphia DA issues informing to anyone readying predetermination interference: ‘F astir and find out’
• Here’s really Election Day 2024 mightiness unfold astir nan US and successful New York

7-11 p.m.

Most of nan states will beryllium called successful this clip frame, with nan mostly coming soon after polls close. 

Ohio will apt beryllium nan first of eight swing states to beryllium called, pinch Trump apt to win the Buckeye State’s 17 electoral votes

Republican power of nan Senate is apt to beryllium projected soon aft nan polls adjacent successful Montana astatine 10 p.m. ET.

11 p.m.- 12 a.m. 

We expect to person calls successful 2 much plaything states, Georgia and North Carolina, on pinch nan bulk of nan ballot successful from a 3rd plaything state, Arizona.

All 3 of these states are tossups, meaning they could spell for either Trump aliases Harris

Four years ago, North Carolina and Georgia were not called until 10 and 16 days aft nan election, respectively. However, changes successful authorities rule person officials optimistic that astir of nan ballots will beryllium counted by precocious Tuesday night. 

Arizona was nan first battleground authorities to beryllium called successful 2020. However, owed to nan ample magnitude of mail-in voting that cannot beryllium counted until aft polls close, media outlets whitethorn hold until Wednesday day to make a title call.

12 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.

This is erstwhile we expect calls successful 2 much plaything states: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

This is besides nan earliest that we expect a victor to beryllium declared successful nan statesmanlike race. The astir apt way for a timely declaration is either Trump aliases Harris sweeping Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania 

Wednesday

Michigan, different toss-up plaything authorities wherever Harris has achieved immoderate of her champion polling figures, is expected to person unofficial results nary later than 24 hours aft nan past polls adjacent astatine 9 p.m. Tuesday

Depending connected results elsewhere, that could mean nan federation is waiting connected pins and needles for nan results from nan Wolverine State — akin to Florida 24 years ago. 

Assuming nary awesome snafus, Alaska is expected to beryllium nan past authorities to beryllium projected astir noon Wednesday, pinch Trump forecast to return its 3 electoral votes.