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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden could win by just flipping a single state. Suddenly it's in play
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, Democrats have studied maps and data, strategizing on the most efficient way to defeat him in 2020.
As that election showed, Democrats could win the majority of votes in the country, but still lose the election in the Electoral College.
There are some complicated paths for victory for Democrats, some of which involve flipping as many as four states that went for Trump in 2016.
A simpler one is for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to win all the states that Hillary Clinton won and then flip Florida and Arizona, which would get him 272 electoral votes and victory.
But there is one scenario that only involves flipping one state and then Biden is the next President of the United States. That state would be Texas. If Biden wins all of the states Clinton won and just flipped Texas, he would have exactly 270 electoral votes.
The Texas scenario is rarely talked about for a reason. Democrats havent won the state in a presidential election since 1976. And Clintons 9-point loss was the closest margin in 20 years. Nine points is a lot!
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msongs
(67,395 posts)AZ8theist
(5,456 posts)It's different this time. Much, much different.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)that?
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)unblock
(52,196 posts)We may well win Texas, but it's just not plausible that in any scenario where we win Texas, Donnie still wins every other state he won in 2016.
How does Biden win Texas *and* lose Michigan, for instance?
If we're winning Texas, we're getting way more than 270 electoral votes.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)At that point, he's gonna lose multiple red states. Hell, in that scenario, he'll be struggling to not lose half of the Bible Belt.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)so there is NO way fu45 can say rigged