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AP announces 2024 general election plans 

A view of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 21, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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The Associated Press, the most trusted source of accurate information on election night for nearly two centuries, will deliver that expertise to its member news organizations, customers and the public across all platforms when it counts the vote, declares the winners and covers the results on Nov. 5. 

On election night, AP will count the vote and declare winners in nearly 7,000 races, delivering the results up and down the ballot from president, governor and Congress to local elections.  

With a history of accuracy dating to 1848, AP’s vote count is used by thousands of major news organizations and customers and is considered the definitive source of race results. No other national news organization can match AP’s footprint, on-the-ground knowledge or the deep expertise of its elections team.  

A view of the White House in Washington, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP will declare the winner in the presidential race state by state, alongside 33 elections for U.S. Senate, 11 races for governor and elections for all 435 seats in the U.S. House, as well as some special elections in Congress.  

AP will do so using its state-of-the-art analytical tools, premier vote count and AP VoteCast, its wide-ranging survey of the American electorate. Conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, AP VoteCast will be deployed in all 50 states.  

In all, AP’s Decision Team will declare at least 6,823 winners in elections in federal, state and local office, including for all state legislatures holding elections in 2024, more than 150 statewide ballot measures, and dozens of local races.  

“For more than 175 years, The Associated Press has been trusted to accurately deliver the results of the U.S. election without fear or favor,” said AP Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Julie Pace. “AP stands ready once again to count the vote, declare the winners and cover the results. As an independent, nonpartisan news organization, AP is proud of the important role it plays in the American democratic process, and we look forward to informing the world of the outcome and explaining the results through our fact-based journalism.”  

With AP political reporters located across the country, AP will continue to deliver fact-based, nonpartisan coverage of the candidates, the campaigns and the core issues affecting Americans as they cast their ballots. Coverage will also be available on APNews.com

Additional highlights of AP’s coverage plans include: 

  • 24 hours of continuous live coverage across the U.S. on Election Day, with more than 35 live video shots from every battleground state capturing voting, voter voices, vote counting, election night rallies, candidate speeches and evening watch parties. AP will also offer shots overlooking the White House, U.S. Capitol, Empire State Building and National Mall.  

  • Timely updates on key races available to customers via AP’s Media API and AP Newsroom portal, as well as on APNews.com and the AP News app. Push alerts and breaking news banners will provide the latest news. Download the app for iPhone or Android
     
  • AP 360, the cooperative’s production services arm, will serve an array of national and global broadcasters by operating live stand-up positions in Washington, New York, Los Angeles and at the candidates’ election night headquarters, as well as custom live shots analyzing the outcome in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Luxembourgish, Greek and Arabic. 

  • The election night map translated into 18 languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, French (two dialects) and Chinese (three dialects). 

Follow AP’s election coverage. 

See more about AP’s essential role calling U.S. elections. 

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