Who will reach 270 and how will they do it?
On election day, it will take at least 270 of the possible 538 electoral votes for John McCain or Barack Obama to win the Presidency. Use this map to predict possible state combinations each candidate needs to win the election. Clicking on a state will change the total electoral vote count per candidate.
Once you are satisfied with your prediction, write an argument to summarize your findings. Which state will prove to be the most pivotal?
John McCain
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Barack Obama
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I believe the race is too early to call, but in my opinion, McCain will win, but not by much. I predict, McCain will win Florida, Ohio, and Viriginia. McCain might even win Wisconsin. I know just about every poll in the media has Obama ahead and this might be true, but until the media asks every U.S. citizen in the toss up states, who plan to vote, who they want for president, the polls can't accurately predict a win for either McCain or Obama. Also, no one can deny that the media is bias and liberal and will do everthing in their power to show Obama on top. Side: John McCain
McCain will win the bible belt states. I think he should conceid all west coast states. Possible conceid the Northeastern States. Michigan, Ohio, and Flordia will be instrumental in him winning. He might be able to win without Michigan but it might mean he would have to win another big state that normally goes Democrat. Cant wait till election night! Side: John McCain
At this point I really think this race is going to be too close to call... a lot closer than what most Dems want to admit. But I believe there are enough undecided voters in the country that are smart enough to ignore the liberal media and just look at facts which plainly show that our economy was fine until the Democrats took over Congress. Side: John McCain
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Obama will reach 270 sooner because he puts clear out that he has plans, and is a charismatic speaker. Plus, he's already close to reaching 270 because strategically, he's been playing all the right cards. Might i add he DOES prove that he's been speaking for the better interest of the country. He's BEEN proving it since the beginning. Side: Barack Obama
I predict that Florida, Virginia & Pennsylvania will all go blue, which will propel Obama to the Whitehouse. I live in Virginia and the amount of Obama stickers and signs that I see on a daily basis far outnumbers the amount of McCain paraphernalia (granted, I do live in Northern Virginia). Side: Barack Obama
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I think it will go even further than Virginia and Florida... I think Obama will take Nevada as well. Nevada is too progressive thinking to go for what the McCain Palin ticket is spouting. I do think that McCain distancing himself from Palin is not going to help him. What was he thinking...just to get the women vote and say "look even though I am an old geezer I have a good looking woman running next to me." Or was it all that and the religious fanatic vote he was looking for. I think Obama did better at picking a running mate the McCain and that will be what gets him in the White House. Your small town mentality (nothing against small towns) will vote for the McCain ticket. But that is not the electoral college, now is it???? I just wonder how many votes the good old boys and the KKK have in their pockets? Texas is who I am concerned about...who will take Texas. It is any ones' bet on Texas! Hopefully people have had a belly full of Republicans, these last stressful, war filled, high prices and recession filled 8 years and they will go Democrat. Good Luck America... Southern smiles and world peace, Sharon ~The Baby Boomer Queen~ Southern smiles and world peace, Sharon Side: Barack Obama
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The indifferent voters will want a different party in charge. McCain can't separate himself from the elite Wall St. corruption and Palin sounds like an idiot every time she talks. Side: Barack Obama
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