The Fox News electoral map has shifted today in Trump’s favor by flipping more states from ‘toss up’ to ‘lean Republican’, however Hillary still holds the edge and has a much easier path to the nomination:
FOX NEWS – The battleground map is shifting once again in Donald Trump’s favor, according to the latest Fox News Electoral Scorecard, portending a potentially tight race Tuesday against Hillary Clinton, who continues to hold the electoral-vote advantage.
According to an update to the scorecard released Monday, Clinton can still get to the necessary 270 electoral votes by winning all the states rated “solid” or “leaning” Democratic.
But just barely. Doing so would get Clinton to 274.
Trump is looking at a narrow – but expanding – path to 270, and he could win by snatching up the toss-ups and flipping at least one state currently seen as leaning toward Clinton.
The following updates were made Monday morning to the Fox News Decision Team’s ratings for key battlegrounds:
Arizona changes from “toss up” to “lean Republican”
Iowa changes from “toss up” to “lean Republican”
Nevada changes from “toss up” to “lean Democrat”
North Carolina changes from “lean Democrat” to “toss up”
Utah changes from “toss up” to “lean Republican”If Trump wins the “solid Republican” states along with those currently seen as leaning in his direction he’d come away with 215 electoral votes. Winning the toss-up states and their 49 electoral votes wouldn’t be enough for Trump — he’d have to steal a blue state.
Wow, this still looks like blowout territory. According to the new map, Trump is only getting to 215 without the toss up states while Hillary gets more than she needs without them. So Trump has to steal one of her states and then take all three toss ups in order to win!
Sheesh. Talk about an uphill battle.