Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
First Read updates their Electoral College scorecard which shows the presidential race moving slightly in President Obama’s favor. They give 227 electoral vote to Obama vs. 197 to the Republican candidate with 114 toss up states.
270 to Win has a nice interactive version of the same forecast. They also have an iPad version of the map.
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