2016 Election: Very Close States
This isn’t a popularity contest™
This electoral map shows those states decided by 5% or less in popular vote in the 2016 election. Use it as a starting point to create and share your 2020 presidential election forecast.
The number of states meeting this competitiveness criteria expanded signficantly from 2012, when only four states (75 electoral votes) were decided by 5% or less. In 2016, four states were actually decided by less than 1% (Michigan, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania).
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Map Updated: Jul. 7, 2017 at 16:24 UTC (12:24 PM EDT)
Headlines
Rep. Mark Meadows Resigns to Become White House Chief of Staff
There are now six vacancies; Democrats control the body with 232 seats
The Road to 270: Rhode Island
The Ocean State is the 20th in our series leading up to the 2020 presidential election.
New York Moves Primary to June 23; Majority of Remaining Delegates Now to be Allocated that Month
The previously scheduled date - April 28 - was to have been the 2nd busiest day on the 2020 Democratic calendar
The Road to 270: Kansas
For the 19th in our series, we look at The Sunflower State, the political and demographic sister state to Nebraska, which we covered last week.
Tulsi Gabbard Suspends Campaign; Endorses Joe Biden
A historically large Democratic field is now down to Biden and Bernie Sanders
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