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2016 Postmortem

Txbluedog

(1,128 posts) Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:20 PM Nov 2016

Faux News article on the latest electoral college projections

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/03/fox-news-electoral-scorecard-key-states-tilting-toward-trump-after-fbis-october-surprise.html

If Trump were to win all the states leaning toward or solidly in the GOP column, he’d be short at 192 electoral votes. But winning all the toss-up states would put him just 15 electoral votes shy of 270.

So, by Faux News calculation, Trump cannot win the electoral college.

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Faux News article on the latest electoral college projections (Original Post) Txbluedog Nov 2016 OP

all the cable channels are playing this map angle... getagrip_already Nov 2016 #1

getagrip_already

(14,866 posts)

1. all the cable channels are playing this map angle...

Reply to Txbluedog (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:26 PM

Nov 2016

even if trump sweeps the board, gets ALL swingy states and the 2 odd EV's, he will still be short of 270. He would need to swing a blue state.

But he has all but lost nv, has likely lost fl, and really has no path without everything plus something out of reach.

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