Nate Silver Increases Obama's Electoral Advantage to 300.4 vs 237.6

Nate Silver Increases Obama’s Electoral Advantage to 300.4 vs 237.6

Obama’s lead is holding

Charles JohnsonFollow @Green_Footballs

Politics • 11/01/12 10:21:22 am • Views: 26,962

Nate Silver has crunched the numbers from the latest polls in great detail, as is his wont, and it looks like President Obama’s electoral college advantage is actually increasing.

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