The polls are definitely closing in Pennsylvania, with the last four polls coming in at a 4 to 6% lead for Obama.    Not really seeing this narrowing trend in many other states.  Sen. McCain has pushed hard in PA, and this may be making a difference.
Just for the sake of argument, let’s say McCain [...]

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Check out our new 270toWin widget.   You can now keep track of the projected electoral college totals from your desktop or post to places like your Google home page, a Facebook account or blog.

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Did you know that:

No Democrat or Republican candidate has won the election while losing both Florida and Michigan
No Republican has won while losing both Ohio and Pennsylvania
No Democrat has won while losing both Missouri and Virginia

If you’re curious about whether any combination of up to 3 states has ever been lost by a winning Democrat [...]

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You now have the ability to split the electoral votes of Maine & Nebraska on the 270toWin interactive map.
Background:  Although it is possible for an Elector to cast his or her vote for someone other than for the popular vote winner in their state, this is quite rare in modern times. As a result, Electoral [...]

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270toWin has launched an interactive map to help you follow the 2008 Senate races. There are currently 49 Democrats and 49 Republicans in the Senate, with 2 Independents caucusing with the Democrats, giving that party majority control.  In 2008, 35 seats are up for election, in 33 states.   Of these 35 seats, [...]

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The following upgrades launched today (12/28/07):

Your custom maps will be saved when you leave the site if cookies are enabled on your machine
New default starting view:   2008 Swing States.  More or less based on actual Rudy  vs. Hillary polls right now, so will need some fine tuning as the actual candidates come into focus and [...]

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We’ve added a Margin of Victory overlay to the 2004 election historical map.   Just select ‘2004′ above the map on the home page, and then “Margin of Victory View” from the drop down below the map.

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If you were running a campaign, it would certainly be important to know all the ways your candidate could get to 270 Electoral Votes.   You could then put your campaign’s resources to work in those states that were both required to achieve your goal, and that your candidate had a legitimate chance to win.
Our new [...]

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