Most States Already Locked Up for 2016

Smart Politics “examined the 2,000 statewide elections for president conducted since 1828 and found that 36 states are currently in the midst of their longest ever Democratic or Republican winning streaks with the GOP enjoying its best run ever in 20 states and Democrats at peak levels in 16 others.”

“If history holds in 2016, these 36 states will take 375 electoral votes off the table: 166 for the 20 record-setting Republican states plus 209 for record-setting Democratic states (212 if one counts the District of Columbia which has never voted for a Republican nominee).”