re: #179 ericblair

Erm, ok. Whatever, you think of the specific numbers, aren’t these all, like, must-win states for Trump? If they’re defining battleground states as “states that are close in the polls”, then saying that there are tight races in battleground states seems to be just saying that “close states are close”. Thanks, guys. I suppose this is good news for John McCain, anyways.

And this does seem like the Germans listening to the radio in 1945 noticing that the Reich’s glorious battles were getting closer and closer to Berlin.

It’s horserace reporting. They have to have their horserace, even though “blowout” also generates news.

270towin.com notes that if all Safe/Likely/Lean states go to the respective candidates, Trump has no path to victory even if he takes every swing state/district. The latest polls have not yet been incorporated.

Swing states and districts: ME-2 (1), OH (18), NC (15), GA (16), FL (29), IA (6).

If the election went exactly by the map, the Dems have 290 and the GOP 163. By that, there is no path to victory for the GOP.