Well, not exactly. Aside from a ‘nowcast’ (ie. if the election were held today, as opposed to a ‘forecast’, which guesses what happens on 11/5) – this is about the current trends in Swing State polling. Which, if you’ve been paying attention - the Swing States listed below are the trump cards in this game – pun intended.
Every Friday I’ll be posting a week’s worth of averaged raw state polls, gleaned from RCP, 538, and Silver Bulletin, which shows how the candidates are trending. I’m not too picky about the polls I include, mainly because I’m not smart (or obsessed) enough to do so, but I do toss outliers from the calculation when they produce more than a 5% variation from the norm.
The ‘nowcast’ I include is based on those states and their EVs which I consider ‘in the bag’ (ITB) for both candidates – 226 for Harris and 219 for Trump – along with the Swing States’ EVs they’re currently winning. States ITB are pretty much agreed to by all poll-forecasters, and “270 TO WIN’S” electoral map is probably the best.
https://www.270towin.com/
Clearly, the race is too close to call, and just about all leads shown below are within every pollster’s margin of error – making the game a tossup.
Every Friday I’ll be posting a week’s worth of averaged raw state polls, gleaned from RCP, 538, and Silver Bulletin, which shows how the candidates are trending. I’m not too picky about the polls I include, mainly because I’m not smart (or obsessed) enough to do so, but I do toss outliers from the calculation when they produce more than a 5% variation from the norm.
The ‘nowcast’ I include is based on those states and their EVs which I consider ‘in the bag’ (ITB) for both candidates – 226 for Harris and 219 for Trump – along with the Swing States’ EVs they’re currently winning. States ITB are pretty much agreed to by all poll-forecasters, and “270 TO WIN’S” electoral map is probably the best.
https://www.270towin.com/
Clearly, the race is too close to call, and just about all leads shown below are within every pollster’s margin of error – making the game a tossup.