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6:15 AM
Electoral Math Bleak for McCain
Florida, Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri - all states President Bush won in 2004. The only traditionally Democratic state where McCain is seriously campaigning is Pennsylvania, and polls show him trailing there by double digits.
Barack Obama's campaign long planned to use its vast fundraising network to target more Republican states than usual. With a big assist from the financial collapse, it has paid off. A week before Election Day, Obama has a host of possibilities for reaching the necessary 270 electoral votes, while McCain's options are dwindling fast.
The standard rule for the last few presidential campaigns has been that whoever wins two out of three between Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio, wins the White House. With so many states in play, that's no longer valid.
Obama could lose all three and still win the election if he picked up several states won by Bush in 2004, states where Obama leads in the polls. Or, just winning Florida or Ohio could put him in the White House.
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