Florida 2024 live election results: Trump projected to win, abortion ballot measure projected to fail

ABC News is projecting that former President Donald Trump will win Florida's 30 electoral votes.

A crucial abortion access ballot measure is projected to fail.

Voters in Florida also cast their ballots in several down-ballot contests.

The state has long been considered a battleground, but has shifted more Republican in recent years.

State significance

Though Florida voted for former President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 and was long considered a battleground state, the state voted for Trump in both elections he has been a candidate. Florida has appeared to be shifting rapidly to the right since Trump’s 2.3% victory in 2020, with Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, cruising to reelection in 2022 by nearly 20 percentage points. Part of that shift has been attributed to collapsing support among Hispanic voters in Florida.

State Democrats hoped to put Florida back in play with the help of abortion access -- which was put directly before voters on the same November ballot as Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump. The ballot measure would have guaranteed expanded access to abortion, overruling DeSantis’ six-week ban in the state.

However, with 96% of the expected vote reporting, the initiative is projected to fail, leaving the six-week ban in place.

ABC News is also projecting that incumbent Republican Sen. Rick Scott will win. He was not expected to be threatened in his quest for reelection.

Counties are colored red or blue when the % expected vote reporting reaches a set threshold. This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past vote reporting and expectations about how the vote will report this year.