onday October 30 4:47 PM ET
Estimate of Electoral College Battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following is an
estimate of the state of the battle to win a majority
in the Electoral College between Republican
George W. Bush (news - web sites) and Democrat
Al Gore (news - web sites) showing the two in a
dead heat.
This unofficial survey will be updated daily until the election on Nov. 7.
There are 538 votes in the Electoral College and 270 are needed to win.
States are assigned to Bush or Gore based on the latest polling data from
Reuters and other public surveys. If the poll has the two candidates well
within the statistical margin of error, that state was assigned to the ``too close
to call'' column.
Bush has 216 votes solid or leaning toward him.
Gore has 222 votes.
100 votes are too close to call.
Bush leads in Alabama (9 votes), Alaska (3), Arizona (8), Colorado (8),
Georgia (13), Idaho (4), Indiana (12), Kansas (6), Kentucky (8), Louisiana
(9), Mississippi (7), Montana (3), Nebraska (5), North Carolina (14), North
Dakota (3), Ohio (21), Oklahoma (8), South Carolina (8), South Dakota
(3), Tennessee (11), Texas (32), Utah (5), Virginia (13), Wyoming (3).
Gore leads in California (54), Connecticut (8), Delaware (3), District of
Columbia (3), Florida (25), Hawaii (4), Illinois (22), Iowa (7), Maine (4),
Maryland (10), Massachusetts (12), New Hampshire (4), New Jersey (15),
New York (33), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Wisconsin (11).
The following states are too close to call: Arkansas (6), Michigan (18)
Minnesota (10), Missouri (11), Nevada (4), New Mexico (5), Oregon (7),
Pennsylvania (23), Washington (11), West Virginia (5). |
