MyDD/Huffington Post Presidential Race Rankings
If McCain is able to merely hold the states that Bush won in 2004 -- and even if he loses one or two of the small or even medium-sized states -- he could still become president.
If McCain is able to merely hold the states that Bush won in 2004 -- and even if he loses one or two of the small or even medium-sized states -- he could still become president.
Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
It's painful to watch these fools -- they don't know how a five-point popular vote victory almost always translates when it comes to the only metric that matters -- the Electoral College. (Hint: landslide).
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
I am ready to take a look at the map and do some electoral math. Now, we're still pretty far out from Election Day, but we've got to start somewhere.
CNN | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
Two more states have shifted to Barack Obama's column in the new CNN Electoral Map that charts the candidates' strength leading up to the November ele...
Politico | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
Until 2000, it hadn't happened in more than 100 years, but plugged-in observers from both parties see a distinct possibility of Barack Obama winning t...
Ari Melber | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
If Obama can close the deal out West -- winning back Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico while simply holding the states that went for Kerry in 2004 -- then he can win.
Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics
So what's Obama's route to the White House in a general election? How can he make the electoral map work for him? How dramatically does he have to rem...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall _ either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton _ and has Republic...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.18.2008 | Home
Obama and McCain are both up in states mostly abandoned by their parties and down where previous nominees have been strong.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
We have no Democratic nominee yet, but that doesn't mean that your pollsters are holding back on thinking ahead. SurveyUSA has jump started this disc...
Wall Street Journal | Laura Meckler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
In recent presidential elections, the electoral map largely has been fixed, with certain regions predictably loyal to one party or another and the com...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
GOP proponents of a California ballot initiative to end the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning electoral votes have raised roughly $539,00...
Jonathan Singer | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics