Congressional election statistics at a glance
Congressional election statistics turn a national event into a state-by-state vote ledger. This dataset captures total votes in the 2024 U.S. Senate election for every state, plus the combined total across states, making it possible to compare turnout scale, spot outliers, and see how closely the map clusters around the middle.
Quick take
- The total across states was 129,977,303 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- California recorded the largest total at 15,111,243 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Texas followed with 10,673,912 votes, and Florida with 10,327,922 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Wyoming recorded the smallest total at 271,123 votes, with Alaska next at 329,555 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- The middle of the distribution is dense, with several states clustering around roughly 2 million to 4 million votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
Table of contents
- What this dataset covers
- The national vote total
- Largest state totals
- Smallest state totals
- A middle that does most of the work
- Regional patterns in the totals
- How to read the numbers
What this dataset covers
This article uses one dataset only: the listed totals for each state in the 2024 U.S. Senate election, plus the aggregate state total. Every figure in the body comes from the same source label, so the comparisons stay aligned: [Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election].
The value of a state-by-state congressional election table is that it does not force the reader to infer scale from a national headline. Instead, it reveals where vote volume is concentrated, which states sit far above the pack, and where the smallest electorates sit on the same map.
The national vote total
The combined total across states was 129,977,303 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election). That single figure is useful, but it becomes more readable when you compare it with the state totals underneath it. A national number can feel abstract. A list of state totals shows where the weight of the total is coming from.
At-a-glance perspective
If you scan the dataset from top to bottom, three states stand out immediately: California at 15,111,243 votes, Texas at 10,673,912 votes, and Florida at 10,327,922 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election). Those are the only states in the dataset above 10 million. They form a clear upper tier, separated from the next group by a noticeable gap.
Largest state totals
The largest totals are concentrated in a small number of very populous states. That is not surprising, but the size of the gap is still worth seeing in raw vote counts. The top tier in this dataset is not just higher; it is structurally different from the rest of the field.
| Rank | State | Total votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 15,111,243 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 2 | Texas | 10,673,912 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 3 | Florida | 10,327,922 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 4 | New York | 8,380,426 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 6,819,484 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 6 | Ohio | 5,570,784 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 7 | Michigan | 5,516,896 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 8 | North Carolina | 5,483,155 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 9 | Illinois | 5,360,054 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 10 | Georgia | 5,137,102 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
This top-ten table shows a clear break after the first three states. California is well above 15 million. Texas and Florida are both above 10 million. New York is below 9 million, and then the next cluster drops into the 5 million to 7 million band.
Why the top tier matters
The top tier is doing a disproportionate amount of the work in the total state count. Even without bringing in any outside context, the raw numbers show that a few states contribute an enormous share of the vote volume. That matters whenever congressional election statistics are used to compare turnout, model campaign scale, or explain why a national total is not evenly distributed across the map.
States above 5 million votes
There are ten states above 5 million votes in the dataset: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois, and Georgia (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election). That group creates a second lens on the national total. Instead of asking which state is first, you can ask how broad the high-volume group actually is.
Smallest state totals
At the other end of the spectrum, the smallest totals are much lower, but they are still important because they show the lower bound of the election map. The gap between the biggest and smallest states is very wide in raw votes, and that makes the tail of the distribution easy to overlook if you only scan the top ranks.
| Rank | State | Total votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | 271,123 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 2 | Alaska | 329,555 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 3 | North Dakota | 359,787 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 4 | Vermont | 372,885 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 5 | South Dakota | 421,448 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 484,598 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 7 | Delaware | 497,436 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 8 | Hawaii | 522,236 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 9 | Montana | 597,811 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
| 10 | West Virginia | 723,284 | Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election |
The smallest totals all sit below 1 million votes. That is a useful reminder that congressional election statistics are not a one-size-fits-all scale. The same election cycle can produce totals ranging from a few hundred thousand votes in the smallest states to well over 10 million in the largest ones (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
The lower tail is not flat
Even the small-state group is internally varied. Wyoming is at 271,123 votes, while West Virginia is at 723,284 votes. That is a meaningful spread, and it shows that “small states” is only a category label, not a single turnout level.
A middle that does most of the work
The most interesting part of the dataset may be the middle, because that is where many states actually live. Between the very largest and very smallest totals is a wide middle band filled with states such as Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
That middle band matters for two reasons. First, it contains a large number of states, so it shapes the distribution far more than the extremes do. Second, many of the totals sit close enough together that small changes in turnout or participation would visibly reshuffle their order.
Midrange examples
A few examples show how crowded the middle is:
- Arizona recorded 3,253,920 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Colorado recorded 3,073,391 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Connecticut recorded 1,701,914 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Indiana recorded 2,868,107 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Iowa recorded 1,609,609 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Kentucky recorded 1,905,534 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Louisiana recorded 1,905,718 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- New Jersey recorded 4,037,126 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Virginia recorded 4,425,762 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Wisconsin recorded 3,325,606 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
Those numbers sit in a broad band where the differences are important, but not as visually dramatic as the jump from 5 million to 10 million or from 1 million to a few hundred thousand.
Regional patterns in the totals
Because the dataset is state-based, it invites regional reading even without adding any outside classification. You can see clusters by simply looking at neighboring states in the ranking. For example, several large totals appear in the eastern half of the country, including New York at 8,380,426 votes, Pennsylvania at 6,819,484 votes, Ohio at 5,570,784 votes, Michigan at 5,516,896 votes, and Illinois at 5,360,054 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
The South and Sun Belt also show strong totals. Florida recorded 10,327,922 votes, Georgia recorded 5,137,102 votes, North Carolina recorded 5,483,155 votes, Texas recorded 10,673,912 votes, and Virginia recorded 4,425,762 votes (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election). That mix illustrates how vote volume is spread across multiple large states rather than a single region.
A compact comparison of selected states
| State | Total votes | Relative note |
|---|---|---|
| California | 15,111,243 | Highest total in the dataset |
| Texas | 10,673,912 | One of three states above 10 million |
| Florida | 10,327,922 | One of three states above 10 million |
| New York | 8,380,426 | Largest total below 9 million |
| Pennsylvania | 6,819,484 | High-volume middle tier |
| Georgia | 5,137,102 | Above 5 million, below the top four |
| Virginia | 4,425,762 | Upper-middle range |
| Wisconsin | 3,325,606 | Midrange state total |
| Iowa | 1,609,609 | Lower-middle range |
| Wyoming | 271,123 | Smallest total in the dataset |
This kind of table is useful because it compresses the full ranking into a few anchor points. You can read the whole distribution from it: the top, the high-volume middle, and the lower edge.
How to read the numbers
Congressional election statistics become more actionable when you treat them as a distribution rather than a single result. That means paying attention to three things at once:
- The top of the list, where California, Texas, and Florida define the upper boundary (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- The crowded middle, where many states fall into the 1 million to 5 million range and cluster tightly enough to compare directly (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- The low end, where states like Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, and South Dakota show how far the floor can drop while remaining part of the same national election dataset (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
Practical reading habits for this dataset
- Use the total across states, 129,977,303 votes, as the macro benchmark (Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election).
- Use the top tier to identify where the largest absolute vote volumes sit.
- Use the middle tier to compare similarly sized states against one another.
- Use the bottom tier to understand the smallest vote markets in the same election cycle.
- Keep the source label attached to the figures when you reuse them, so the dataset remains traceable.
The most important point is that the list does not behave like a smooth curve. It has a sharp top, a dense middle, and a thin tail. That shape is what makes congressional election statistics useful for reporting, analysis, and quick reference.