| RCP
Electoral Count
Wednesday,
September 22: Bush 284 - Kerry 200
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Solid
Bush
(176)
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Leaning
Bush
(108)
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Toss
Up
(54)
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Leaning
Kerry
(47)
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Solid
Kerry
(153)
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AL
(9)
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AR
(6)
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IA
(7)
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ME
(4)
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CA
(55)
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AK
(3)
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CO
(9)
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MN
(10)
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MI
(17)
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CT
(7)
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AZ
(10)
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FL
(27)
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NH
(4)
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NJ (15)
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DE
(3)
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GA
(15)
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MO (11)
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NM
(5)
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WA
(11)
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HI
(4)
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ID
(4)
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NV
(5)
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OR
(7)
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IL
(21)
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IN
(11)
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NC
(15)
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PA
(21)
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MD
(10)
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KS
(6)
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OH
(20)
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MA
(12)
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KY
(8)
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WV
(5)
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NY
(31)
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LA
(9)
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WI
(10)
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RI
(4)
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MS
(6)
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VT
(3)
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MT
(3)
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DC
(3)
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NE
(5)
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ND
(3)
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OK
(7)
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SC
(8)
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SD
(3)
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TN
(11)
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TX
(34)
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UT
(5)
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VA
(13)
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WY
(3)
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Bush
Total = 284
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Toss
Up = 54
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Kerry
Total = 200
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Battleground
State Polls - RCP Average |
| Poll
| Date |
Bush |
Kerry |
Nader |
Spread |
| |
48.0 |
45.5 |
2.0 |
Bush
+2.5 |
| |
49.8 |
43.6 |
1.7 |
Bush
+6.2 |
| |
46.8 |
45.8 |
2.2 |
Bush
+1.0 |
| |
41.7 |
47.7 |
1.7 |
Kerry
+6.0 |
| |
49.0 |
42.3 |
1 |
Bush
+6.7 |
| |
49.3 |
42.8 |
1.75 |
Bush
+6.5 |
| |
45.3 |
45.3 |
2.7 |
TIE |
| |
48.3 |
43.7 |
2.0 |
Bush
+4.6 |
| |
47.0 |
45.3 |
2.0 |
Bush
+1.7 |
| |
51.0 |
44.0 |
1.0 |
Bush
+7.0 |
| |
48.0 |
44.8 |
2.0 |
Bush
+3.2 |
| |
45.5 |
46.0 |
1.5 |
Kerry
+0.5 |
| |
46.3 |
47.0 |
1.0 |
Kerry
+0.7 |
| |
46.8 |
43.0 |
3 |
Bush
+3.8 |
| |
43.5 |
45.5 |
3.5 |
Kerry
+2.0 |
| |
42.0 |
51.3 |
2.0 |
Kerry
+9.3 |
| |
46.3 |
47.7 |
1.5 |
Kerry
+1.4 |
2000
Results in 2004 EV's: After reapportionment, keeping
the states the same as 2000 gives Bush 278 electoral votes and Kerry
260 electoral votes. 270 Electoral Votes are needed to win. So,
in order to win Kerry has to flip 10 Electoral Votes and hold all
of the Gore states. (Because ties are split by the House of Representatives
Bush can probably win with 269 EVs)
In
a simplified analysis, Bush has to win both FL and OH to win. Kerry
simply has to win either FL or OH. If Kerry does not win either
FL or OH, he has very little chance of becoming President.
Without
one of these two states Kerry can get to 268/269 by winning NH and
NV, but to get over 270 he will have to carry either WV or MO. It
is hard to imagine Kerry losing OH, but winning MO or WV.
Bush
needs to win both FL-27 and OH-20, but if he were
to lose one of the two he has a small chance of picking up the lost
EV's by winning some combination of either WI-10, NM-5, MN-10, IA-7
and OR-7 (and also denying Kerry pickups in NV and NH). Unlike Kerry's
second-chance scenario, Bush could conceivably lose OH and still
hold on to the Presidency by flipping WI and NM and holding on to
NV.
If
Kerry loses PA or MI he loses.
If
Bush loses any one of AZ, CO, TN or AR he loses.
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