{"id":13927,"date":"2024-06-13T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=13927"},"modified":"2024-06-13T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:28:49","slug":"bidens-path-to-winning-the-electoral-college-runs-through-the-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=13927","title":{"rendered":"Biden’s path to winning the Electoral College runs through the Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Seven states are generally considered to be competitive this fall, and when you look at our polling averages of each of them, six of them fall into two clean categories:\u00a0Michigan<\/a>,\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Wisconsin<\/a>, where Biden trails Trump by less than 2 points; and\u00a0Georgia<\/a>,\u00a0Nevada<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0North Carolina<\/a>, where Trump leads by a more comfortable 6- or 7-point margin. (Arizona<\/a>, at Trump+3.5, is somewhere in the middle.)”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Obviously, if those turn out to be the final margins in November, Trump would win every swing state and the presidency. But the numbers also point to a narrow but feasible path for Biden to win. If he carries Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, plus every other state and district* that he won by at least 6 points in 2020, he would finish with exactly 270 electoral votes<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Winning Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will require Biden to proactively improve in the polls (or hope that they are wrong \u2014 and generally you don’t want to leave your campaign up to fate!), something he has struggled to do so far this year. This path also leaves the campaign no margin for error: If Biden loses just one of those three states, he’d need to carry one or more of the more challenging Sun Belt states to make up for it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“there’s one further wrinkle: Getting to 270 electoral votes via Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin would also require Biden to win the electoral vote from Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, which Biden won by only 6 points in 2020, according to Daily Kos Elections<\/a>. Polls of Nebraska’s 2nd District are scarce<\/a>, but the one we do have suggests that Trump<\/em> is leading there right now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“if Trump wins Nebraska’s 2nd while Biden wins Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the Electoral College would be tied 269-269. Under the Constitution, that would throw the election to the House of Representatives, where each state’s delegation (not each representative) would get one vote, with 26 out of 50 votes needed to elect the president. Trump would very likely win under such a scenario because Republicans will probably control a majority of congressional delegations<\/a> after the election, even if they don’t have an overall House majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House hasn’t needed to step in to decide the presidential election since 1824<\/a>, but the way the electoral map is shaping up, there is a nonzero chance it could happen this year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/538\/bidens-path-winning-electoral-college-runs-midwest\/story?id=110231273<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Seven states are generally considered to be competitive this fall, and when you look at our polling averages of each of them, six of them fall into two clean categories: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where Biden trails Trump by less than 2 points; and Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, where Trump leads by a more comfortable 6- or 7-point margin. (Arizona, at Trump+3.5, is somewhere in the middle.)”<\/p>\n

“Obviously, if those turn out to be the final margins in November, Trump would win every swing state and the presidency. But the numbers also point to a narrow but feasible path for Biden to win. If he carries Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, plus every other state and district* that he won by at least 6 points in 2020, he would finish with exactly 270 electoral votes”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Winning Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will require Biden to proactively improve in the polls (or hope that they are wrong \u2014 and generally you don’t want to leave your campaign up to fate!), something he has struggled to do so far this year. This path also leaves the campaign no margin for error: If Biden loses just one of those three states, he’d need to carry one or more of the more challenging Sun Belt states to make up for it.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“there’s one further wrinkle: Getting to 270 electoral votes via Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin would also require Biden to win the electoral vote from Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, which Biden won by only 6 points in 2020, according to Daily Kos Elections. Polls of Nebraska’s 2nd District are scarce, but the one we do have suggests that Trump is leading there right now.”<\/p>\n

“if Trump wins Nebraska’s 2nd while Biden wins Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the Electoral College would be tied 269-269. Under the Constitution, that would throw the election to the House of Representatives, where each state’s delegation (not each representative) would get one vote, with 26 out of 50 votes needed to elect the president. Trump would very likely win under such a scenario because Republicans will probably control a majority of congressional delegations after the election, even if they don’t have an overall House majority.
\nThe House hasn’t needed to step in to decide the presidential election since 1824, but the way the electoral map is shaping up, there is a nonzero chance it could happen this year.”<\/p>\n

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