The 2024 United States presidential election in Missouri is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the

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in which all 50 states plus the

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will participate.

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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

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in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. A nigh-infallible bellwether state for much of the 20th century going into the 2000s, Missouri has voted Republican in every presidential election since

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and is widely understood to have lost its bellwether status when Democrat

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of neighboring

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failed to carry the state in either of his presidential victories, followed by Republican

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carrying it by more than 15% in both of his election bids. As a state located almost entirely in the conservative

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, Missouri has drifted away from being a political bellwether towards the Republican Party in the

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and thus is today a moderately to strongly

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, with Republicans occupying every statewide office since 2023. The state is once again predicted to be securely won by the Republican candidate in 2024. Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden is running for reelection to a second term.

Primary elections

Republican caucuses

The Missouri Republican caucuses was held on March 2, 2024, alongside the Republican caucuses in

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and Michigan.

Democratic primary

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

General election

Predictions

Polling

;Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Notes

References

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