Read on Twitter
1/ It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election.
Whether Biden or Trump is victorious depends on which key states they pick up.
Here are the states we're watching: https://www.vox.com/21428915/electoral-college-trump-biden-2020 #Election2020
Whether Biden or Trump is victorious depends on which key states they pick up.
Here are the states we're watching: https://www.vox.com/21428915/electoral-college-trump-biden-2020 #Election2020
2/ The big six swing states:
Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina are the states that are viewed as most likely to determine the outcome of the election.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina are the states that are viewed as most likely to determine the outcome of the election.
3/ Four of them — Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Florida — were won by Barack Obama in 2012 but Trump in 2016.
Eking out a small margin of victory in most of these states can give a candidate a massive Electoral College payoff.
Eking out a small margin of victory in most of these states can give a candidate a massive Electoral College payoff.
4/ The states Trump is trying to defend:
Ohio, Iowa, Georgia, and Texas probably won’t be the tipping-point states, but if they flip to Biden, it likely means he’s winning big.
Ohio, Iowa, Georgia, and Texas probably won’t be the tipping-point states, but if they flip to Biden, it likely means he’s winning big.
5/ A victory for Biden in Texas — a state that last went blue in 1976 — would deliver him a whopping 38 electoral votes. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21417460/texas-blue-democrat-biden-beto-2020-election
6/ The states Biden is trying to defend:
Nevada, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Maine are all states where Biden is polling ahead, but Trump hopes to make gains.
Nevada, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Maine are all states where Biden is polling ahead, but Trump hopes to make gains.
7/7 So how might this election play out?
@awprokop explains the most promising paths to victory for each candidate and what the map might look like: https://www.vox.com/21428915/electoral-college-trump-biden-2020
@awprokop explains the most promising paths to victory for each candidate and what the map might look like: https://www.vox.com/21428915/electoral-college-trump-biden-2020
