You Pick; We Do The Math

By: Christine Lagorio
Topics: Hot Links

At some level, winning on Election Day is nothing more than a numbers game. And much of that game comes down to districts, votes, the electoral college and battleground states.

Think you know which way some of those states will swing? Our politics team has created a nifty new map that not only lets you play with the formula to see the different "ways to win," but also is chocked full of information on the battleground states.

To try it yourself, just click here - or check out the simplified version of the map in the widget below. And don't forget to let us know what you think.

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by forevertru-2009 August 20, 2008 8:57 PM EDT: A nice widget, but after next week it will be a whole new ballgame. The writing is on the wall and getting clearer all the time. The Democrates can no longer afford to take chances. Next week it all becomes the real thing. Obama has BEEN GIVEN EVERY POSSIBLE CHANCE to move ahead and claim a landslide victory. Never have I seen a candidate given the benefit of the doubt by the media like this man has. And still, he just can''t pull it off. The game is over and its time to bring out the real Democratic candidate. God Bless America.; Reply to this comment


by skeezix06 August 20, 2008 9:33 AM EDT: I''m going to jump out there and say that I think Obama has already lost Missouri. It''s really unfortunate because he had the chance to turn it around and didn''t. This is just my feeling.

Btw, McCaskill won because people were so disgusted with Talent. McCaskill may turn out to be a one term wonder as well.; Reply to this comment


by kenhamlett August 19, 2008 7:37 PM EDT: Dear KC,
I was thinking that you guys were slipping in your goal to help Jo Average to understand what is going on in the world. Now you come up with this great Show and Tell project, that lets me know you really are trying to help.
Thank you for this point and click political reference. It just might help.
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