President Elect 2008 Electoral College Projection (10/10/2008)

President Elect's analysis of the 2008 Electoral College vote, pitting Republican Senator John McCain against Democratic Senator Barack Obama, shows that if the election were today the United States would be electing its first black President.

President Elect projects that Senator Obama will win 306 electoral votes and Senator McCain will win 232.

Well, this map hardly needs any commentary! Similarly to 1980, many voters seem to have been waiting until near the end to make their decision on who to vote for, breaking what was beginning to look like a possible deadlock. Other than Florida going blue -- which is still a real possibility -- this is just about the worst case scenario for McCain. Every state that moved this week moved in Obama's favor. Every state still leaning towards McCain is trending closer to Obama. And Obama is solidifying his hold on his states. In fact he is just six votes shy of having the presidency just with solid states! The only straw for the McCain camp to grasp on to this week is that they still have three weeks to stem the tide, and they only need to get back at least three states they carried in the last two elections.