Small states could swing Electoral College

[steve2470]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/22/electoral.map/


CNN analysis: Bush ahead in very tight race

By John Mercurio and Molly Levinson
CNN Political Unit
Friday, October 22, 2004 Posted: 10:48 PM EDT (0248 GMT)

The race between Sen. John Kerry and President Bush could be decided by a state with few electoral votes.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush maintains a thin lead over John Kerry in the battle for electoral votes in a race so tight that, despite a national focus on three larger swing states, could be decided by states with less pull in the Electoral College, like Iowa, Wisconsin or New Mexico, a new CNN analysis indicates.

If the election were held today, Bush would win 277 electoral votes to Kerry's 261, according to a new CNN survey based on state polling, as well as interviews with campaign aides and independent analysts. The map is unchanged from last week. A candidate wins the election with 270 electoral votes, regardless of the popular vote.

Each week, CNN's political unit prepares a comprehensive analysis of the most recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup polling and public polling, combined with a look at turnout trends, interviews with strategists from both campaigns and parties, independent pollsters, and the latest campaign and party spending on advertising in the states.

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[Walt Starr]

1. The Conservative News Network is even less reliable than Faux News

They're worthless chimp whores.

[still_one]

2. CNN is full of crap

John Kerry will win this election by at least 5%

[RevCheesehead]

3. Cable's Nazi Network?

pass........:puffpiece:

[deadparrot]

4. * is ahead in the EC? Right. eom

[tedoll78]

5. It sucks, but..

it's still an improvement over the last crap map that CNN tried to shill on us.

Keep trying, CNN.