The final NPR Electoral College map analysis shows Democrat Joe Biden going into Election Day with the clear edge, while President Trump has a narrow but not impossible path through the states key to winning the presidency.
Among states leaning or likely to go in a particular candidate’s direction, Biden leads by 279 electoral votes to Trump’s 125. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win a majority of the votes available — and the presidency.
That means even if Trump were to win all of the toss-up states, he’d still come up 11 electoral votes short and would need to win over at least one state currently leaning in Biden’s direction. The Trump campaign has its eyes on Pennsylvania.
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