Thursday November 2 10:05 AM ET
Presidential Race Tight in Electoral College
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following is
Thursday's 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 virtual dead heat.
This unofficial survey will be updated daily until the election on Nov. 7.
Bush has 217 votes solid or leaning toward him.
Gore has 215 votes.
106 votes are too close to call.
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 opinion 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 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), Oregon (7), South Carolina (8),
South Dakota (3), Texas (32), Utah (5), Virginia (13), West Virginia (5),
Wyoming (3).
Gore leads in California (54), Connecticut (8), Delaware (3), District of
Columbia (3), Florida (25), Hawaii (4), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (12),
Michigan (18), New Jersey (15), New York (33), Pennsylvania (23), Rhode
Island (4), Vermont (3).
The following states are too close to call: Arkansas (6), Illinois (22), Iowa
(7), Maine (4), Minnesota (10), Missouri (11), Nevada (4), New Hampshire
(4), New Mexico (5), Tennessee (11), Washington (11), Wisconsin (11).
Changes since Wednesday:
Wisconsin moves from Gore to undecided, based on the Reuters/MSNBC
tracking poll showing his lead has narrowed.
Illinois moves from Gore to undecided: the Reuters/MSNBC tracking poll
shows his lead at four points.
Pennsylvania moves from undecided to Gore: the Reuters/MSNBC poll
shows him ahead by six points.
Michigan moves from undecided to Gore: his lead in the Reuters/MSNBC
tracking poll jumped to nine points. |
