Washington Post writes:
Obama
starts the general election with 15 states (plus the District of
Columbia) and 196 electoral votes solidly for him while Romney begins
with 21 states and 170 electoral votes solidly in his corner. (One of
the states solidly for Romney is Indiana, where Obama won in 2008 but no
one expects a repeat performance in 2012.) Another three states —
Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes), Michigan (16) and New Mexico (5) —
lean toward Obama while Arizona (11) and Missouri (10) lean toward
Romney. Add up the states solidly for Obama and those leaning his way
and you get 237 electoral votes. Add up the states solidly for Romney
and those leaning his way and you get 191 electoral votes. While Obama
is closer to the prize than Romney, victory will likely come for either
man from the nine swing states — Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia — that are
considered genuine toss-ups in our first electoral college
predictions.Those nine states comprise 110 electoral votes; whichever
candidate wins a majority of them will almost certainly win the
presidency.
NOTE: I deleted the map I posted early this morning as I'd uploaded the wrong image. I need to label these files better.
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Washington Post writes:
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