Live maps help election onlookers follow the U.S. Presidential Election results as races are called. Here's where to start.

The race was called on Wednesday morning for Trump after he found a path to 270 Electoral College votes, winning many key swing states over Vice President Kamala Harris. Shifts in voter loyalties and his messages on rising costs and inflation helped propel him to victory.

Election Day is characterized by huge interactive electoral maps broadcast by the major news networks, offering a visual diagram of who won what state. By 2020, interactive screens had become a staple of every major network's election coverage.