Top strategist projects narrow Electoral College victory for Democrats
By Jonathan Easley - 07/23/19 12:51 PM EDT
A top Democratic strategist on Tuesday projected his party would win a narrow Electoral College victory over President Trump if the election were held today, but cautioned that the contest could go either way depending on the make-up of the electorate.
According to the new forecast from Priorities USA, the largest Democratic super PAC, the Democratic candidate right now leads the Electoral College vote count 278 to 260.
Trump won 304 electoral votes in 2016, compared to Hillary Clinton’s 260, by carrying traditionally blue states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
The Priorities USA model moves those states back into the Democratic column, but not by much, and if Trump were to hang on to only one of those three states, he’d win the Electoral College, according to the projections.
“The reality is that we’re dealing with an incredibly close election,†said Guy Cecil, the chairman of Priorities USA.
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