Preliminary data shows President-elect Donald Trump earned more votes than many polls had projected including in the deep-blue state of California. As of Friday, California election workers have counted more than 10 million votes and 5.4 million more ballots to process, The NBC4 I-Team analysis revealed that " percentage wise " Trump is winning more votes than he did in 2020. In 2024, Trump received nearly 40% of votes already counted, compared to 34% in 2020. These numbers will continue to change as the count continues. In Riverside County, 49.6% of the ballots processed so far went toward Trump, compared to 45% in 2020. Data from Orange County showed a similar trend with 48.9% of the votes counted so far were cast for Trump, compared to 44.4% in 2020.