Monday November 6 9:17 AM ET
Bush Within 35 Votes in Electoral College
Count
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following is
Monday'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 within 35 votes of the 270 needed
to win.
Bush has 235 votes solid or leaning toward him.
Gore has 207 votes.
96 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), Missouri (11), Montana (3), Nebraska (5), Nevada (4),
New Hampshire (4), 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), District of Columbia (3),
Hawaii (4), Illinois (22), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (12), Michigan (18),
Minnesota (10), New Jersey (15), New York (33), Rhode Island (4),
Vermont (3), Washington (11).
The following states are too close to call: Arkansas (6), Delaware (3),
Florida (25), Iowa (7), Maine (4), New Mexico (5), Oregon (7),
Pennsylvania (23), West Virginia (5), Wisconsin (11).
Changes since last update:
Washington goes from undecided to Gore.
Nevada, Missouri and Tennessee go from undecided to Bush. |
