CNN's First Electoral Map Shows Biden in Big Trouble, Trump in Position to Win
By Nick Arama | 10:37 PM on January 07, 2024
CNN has come out with its first electoral map of the campaign season and the "Road to 270." The map is based on polling and other factors they detailed.
And it is that path to 270 that we attempt to explore here. We base this current outlook on public and private polling, conversations with campaign advisers, Republican and Democratic political operatives, members of Congress, and political professionals involved with outside groups poised to be active in the race.
First, let's start by saying how hilarious it is that they spent multiple paragraphs downplaying the map before they even started talking about it. Here's a small sample.
This is an exercise designed to capture where the race stands today. If we have learned anything in recent American political history, it is to expect the unexpected. We don’t even know for certain if Biden and Trump will be the two major party nominees in the fall. However, since that appears to be the likeliest choice at this point, we have explored this initial outlook through the lens of a Biden vs. Trump race. Future versions of this outlook will similarly reflect the realities of the race, as best we can assess them at the time.
But once you get to the map, you see why they seemed to be trying to downplay it.
https://twitter.com/jhughes1776/status/1743771264362193156more
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/01/07/cnns-first-electoral-map-shows-biden-in-big-trouble-trump-in-position-to-win-n2168423
