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2004 Poll Closing Times
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This chart reflects the poll closing times used by the networks and other media outlets on Election Night. There is an "unenforced pledge" to not project a winner in a state until that state's polls have closed (which, to the media, means "most of the state's polls have closed"). Below the chart is an outline of potential difficulties which may occur
where a state spans time zones. (Poll closing times are extended
for voters still in line when the hour of poll closing has arrived.) |
The table below counts the electoral votes at LATEST poll closing time for states that span multiple time zones.The EARLIEST poll closing time is shown with blanks in the electoral vote column.. (Note that the media has historically called states when MOST rather than ALL of the polls have closed.) |
Electoral Votes |
UTC | Eastern | Central | Mountain | Pacific | Alaska | Hawaii | |
0 total (0 new) electoral votes by 2300 UTC - 2 November 2004 | ||||||||
Indiana (EST) *A | 2300 UTC | 6:00p EST | 5:00p CST | 4:00p MST | 3:00p PST | 2:00p AKST 1:00p ALST | 1:00p HIST | |
Kentucky (EST) *A | ||||||||
58 total (58 new) electoral votes by 0000 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
Florida (EST) *A | 0000 UTC | 7:00p EST | 6:00p CST | 5:00p MST | 4:00p PST | 3:00p AKST 2:00p ALST | 2:00p HIST | |
Georgia | 15 | |||||||
New Hampshire (EST) *A | ||||||||
South Carolina | 8 | |||||||
Vermont | 3 | |||||||
Virginia | 13 | |||||||
Indiana (CST) *A | 11 | 0000 UTC | 7:00p EST | 6:00p CST | 5:00p MST | 4:00p PST | 3:00p AKST 2:00p ALST | 2:00p HIST |
Kentucky (CST) *A | 8 | |||||||
83 total (25 new) electoral votes by 0030 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
North Carolina (EST) *A | 0030 UTC | 7:30p EST | 6:30p CST | 5:30p MST | 4:30p PST | 3:30p AKST 2:30p ALST | 2:30p HIST | |
Ohio | 20 | |||||||
West Virginia | 5 | |||||||
260 total (177 new) electoral votes by 0100 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
Connecticut | 7 | 0100 UTC | 8:00p EST | 7:00p CST | 6:00p MST | 5:00p PST | 4:00p AKST 3:00p ALST | 3:00p HIST |
Delaware | 3 | |||||||
District of Columbia | 3 | |||||||
Maine | 4 | |||||||
Maryland | 10 | |||||||
Massachusetts | 12 | |||||||
Michigan (EST) *A | ||||||||
New Hampshire (EST) *A | 4 | |||||||
New Jersey | 15 | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 21 | |||||||
Tennessee (EST) *S | ||||||||
Alabama | 9 | 0100 UTC | 8:00p EST | 7:00p CST | 6:00p MST | 5:00p PST | 4:00p AKST 3:00p ALST | 3:00p HIST |
Florida (CST) *A | 27 | |||||||
Illinois | 21 | |||||||
Kansas (CST) *S | ||||||||
Mississippi | 6 | |||||||
Missouri | 11 | |||||||
Oklahoma | 7 | |||||||
Tennessee (CST) *S | 11 | |||||||
Texas (CST) *A | ||||||||
Kansas (MST) *S | 6 | 0100 UTC | 8:00p EST | 7:00p CST | 6:00p MST | 5:00p PST | 4:00p AKST 3:00p ALST | 3:00p HIST |
281 total (21 new) electoral votes by 0130 UTC - 3 November 2004 This is the earliest at which a candidate could be projected to have been elected the next President of the United States, assuming a candidate has been projected to win the necessary 270 electoral votes to be elected. | ||||||||
North Carolina (EST) *A | 15 | 0130 UTC | 8:30p EST | 7:30p CST | 6:30p MST | 5:30p PST | 4:30p AKST 3:30p ALST | 3:30p HIST |
Arkansas | 6 | 0130 UTC | 8:30p EST | 7:30p CST | 6:30p MST | 5:30p PST | 4:30p AKST 3:30p ALST | 3:30p HIST |
431 total (150 new) electoral votes by 0200 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
New York | 31 | 0200 UTC | 9:00p EST | 8:00p CST | 7:00p MST | 6:00p PST | 5:00p AKST 4:00p ALST | 4:00p HIST |
Rhode Island | 4 | |||||||
Louisiana | 9 | 0200 UTC | 9:00p EST | 8:00p CST | 7:00p MST | 6:00p PST | 5:00p AKST 4:00p ALST | 4:00p HIST |
Michigan (CST) *A | 17 | |||||||
Minnesota | 10 | |||||||
Nebraska (CST) *S | ||||||||
South Dakota (CST) *S | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 10 | |||||||
Arizona | 10 | 0200 UTC | 9:00p EST | 8:00p CST | 7:00p MST | 6:00p PST | 5:00p AKST 4:00p ALST | 4:00p HIST |
Colorado | 9 | |||||||
Nebraska (MST) *S | 5 | |||||||
New Mexico | 5 | |||||||
South Dakota (MST) *S | 3 | |||||||
Texas (MST) *A | 34 | |||||||
Wyoming | 3 | |||||||
458 total (27 new) electoral votes by 0300 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
Iowa | 7 | 0300 UTC | 10:00p EST | 9:00p CST | 8:00p MST | 7:00p PST | 6:00p AKST 5:00p ALST | 5:00p HIST |
North Dakota (CST) *A | ||||||||
Idaho (MST) *A | 0300 UTC | 10:00p EST | 9:00p CST | 8:00p MST | 7:00p PST | 6:00p AKST 5:00p ALST | 5:00p HIST | |
Montana | 3 | |||||||
Oregon (MST) *A | 7 | |||||||
Utah | 5 | |||||||
Nevada | 5 | 0300 UTC | 10:00p EST | 9:00p CST | 8:00p MST | 7:00p PST | 6:00p AKST 5:00p ALST | 5:00p HIST |
535 total (77 new) electoral votes by 0400 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
North Dakota (MST) *A | 3 | 0400 UTC | 11:00p EST | 10:00p CST | 9:00p MST | 8:00p PST | 7:00p AKST 6:00p ALST | 6:00p HIST |
California | 55 | 0400 UTC | 11:00p EST | 10:00p CST | 9:00p MST | 8:00p PST | 7:00p AKST 6:00p ALST | 6:00p HIST |
Idaho (PST) *A | 4 | |||||||
Oregon (PST) *A | ||||||||
Washington | 11 | |||||||
Hawaii | 4 | 0400 UTC | 11:00p EST | 10:00p CST | 9:00p MST | 8:00p PST | 7:00p AKST 6:00p ALST | 6:00p HIST |
535 total (0 new) electoral votes by 0500 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
Alaska (AKST) *A | 0500 UTC | 12:00a EST | 11:00p CST | 10:00p MST | 9:00p PST | 8:00p AKST 7:00p ALST | 7:00p HIST | |
538 total (3 new) electoral votes by 0600 UTC - 3 November 2004 | ||||||||
Alaska (ALST) *A | 3 | 0600 UTC | 1:00a EST | 12:00a CST | 11:00p MST | 10:00p PST | 9:00p AKST 8:00p ALST | 8:00p HIST |
Time zone abbreviations |
UCT: Universal Coordinated Time, Greenwich England |
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