2016 US Elections - Hillary Clinton Leads in States Equaling 246 Votes (October 3)
While Hillary Clinton won the debate and has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence in the national polling, in the most crucial battlegrounds the race is still a tossup. There are enough electoral college votes in those tossup states to put either Clinton or Donald Trump over the top – though Clinton remains in a stronger position.
General Election Trends
Hillary Clinton leads in states equaling 246 votes while Donald Trump leads in states equaling 180 electoral college votes with 112 votes up for grabs.
- Clinton holds the customary Democratic bastions on the East and West Coast along with the swing states of North Carolina and Virginia.
- Trump wins across the South and Mountain West.
- Many states remain too close to call including New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Florida.
For more information, visit Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation.
