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Eleven Three Twenty: The Current Electoral College Outlook
October 6, 2020
It is officially four weeks until election day — although as of this morning over four million votes already have been cast. And that number is going to rise dramatically over the next few weeks. So, we’re really in the early stages of election month.
Therefore, I am going to take a look at the current state of the electoral college each Tuesday from now until November 3. To do so, I could simply post a map of the United States with each state colored according to current polls. But basically 41 of the 50 states already are locked in as either Democratic Blue or Republican Red. Therefore, I’m going to focus each week on just the states that ultimately will decide who is the next President of the United States. I will refer to this group as “The Necessary Nine” — because both Joe Biden and Donald Trump need to win at least some of these nine states to be elected President.
A Quick 2016 Refresher
For those of you who may have forgotten, here’s what the final 2016 electoral map looked like:
