The Remaining Pathways to 270 Electoral College Votes
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The ways Joe Biden or Donald Trump would get 270 electoral votes and the White House
As states worked to tally remaining ballots two days after Election Day, Democratic nominee Joe Biden sat just shy Thursday of the electoral votes needed to win the White House.
Votes counted in undecided states so far show the paths both he and President Donald Trump have to the 270 electoral vote threshold that would earn them the presidency.
As of Thursday morning Biden had won 253 electoral votes, according to NBC News projections. Trump trailed with 214.
The race appeared to come down to a handful of states NBC...
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Trump’s Path, Updated
It has to go through Pennsylvania, which is necessary but not sufficient.
He needs to take Pennsylvania, hold onto Georgia and North Carolina, then take either Arizona (for 279 electoral votes) or Nevada (for 274). Biden leads in both of those states. But Trump is gaining in Arizona, and it’s entirely conceivable that he could overtake Biden there (despite Fox and AP prematurely calling it for Biden).
The problem is Pennsylvania, where Trump has been losing ground fast, and Georgia, where he is hanging on by a thread. If he...
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Does Biden Need Pennsylvania to Win? The Alternative Election Path to 270 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden may not need to secure the vote in Pennsylvania, a tipping point state offering 20 electoral votes that is likely to make or break the election, to get the 270 electoral votes required to win the race.
The most "plausible path" for Biden is "Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan... then he wouldn't have to have Pennsylvania," GOP pollster Daron Shaw told the Fox News Decision Desk on Wednesday.
At time of writing, according to The Associated Press' election data, Joe Biden has 238 Electoral College votes to...
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