Friday November 3 9:36 AM ET
Bush with Slight Edge in Electoral College
Count
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following is
Friday'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
Bush with a narrow advantage.
This unofficial survey will be updated daily until the
election on Nov. 7.
Bush has 217 votes solid or leaning toward him.
Gore has 200 votes.
121 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), Hawaii (4), Illinois (22), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (12),
Michigan (18), New Jersey (15), New York (33), Rhode Island (4),
Vermont (3), Wisconsin (11).
The following states are too close to call: Arkansas (6), Florida (25), Iowa
(7), Maine (4), Minnesota (10), Missouri (11), Nevada (4), New Hampshire
(4), New Mexico (5), Pennsylvania (23), Tennessee (11), Washington (11).
Changes since Thursday:
Wisconsin and Illinois went from undecided to Gore based on the latest
Reuters/MSNBC tracking polls.
Florida and Pennsylvania went from Gore to undecided, based on the
tracking polls showing his lead falling to 4 points in each state. |
