Three reasons swing states reported their election results faster than in 2020

Four years ago, the Associated Press was unable to call several states until weeks after the presidential election, but in the 2024 race, the outlet called every state by the end of the week.

The speed of results being projected for several of the key swing states was noticeably faster than in 2020, allowing President-elect Donald Trump to be projected the winner of the race less than 11 hours after the states fully closed their polls. In 2020, President Joe Biden was not projected the winner of the presidential race until the Saturday after the Tuesday election. Here are some of the reasons for why the race was called sooner.