Hillary Clinton falls below 270 points on the electoral map

Things are still looking good for Donald Trump, although the window to gain an advantage is getting narrower by the hour. Clinton has a three-point lead over the GOP candidate in the last election Washington Post/ ABC News poll, but it fell below 270 on CNN’s latest electoral map. Clinton’s hold on the Electoral College has been broken again. At the same time, she still commands the board with 268 electoral votes, meaning the pressure on Trump to win North Carolina, Florida, Ohio and, in a helping hand, New Hampshire is greater than ever. It’s a matter of choice. If Trump also manages to take Nevada, he’ll win (via CNN):

Maine’s 2nd congressional district goes from ‘battleground’ to ‘Republican-leaning’

— New Hampshire goes from ‘Democratic leaning’ to ‘battleground’

— Ohio goes from ‘battleground’ to ‘Republican-leaning’

— Utah Goes From ‘Battleground’ to ‘Republican-Leaning’

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Clinton’s electoral vote total is 268 when you add up all the states that are strongly or leaning her way, and Donald Trump has 204 when you add up all the states that are strongly or leaning his way. That leaves six remaining battleground contests worth a combined 66 electoral votes in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and the 2nd Congressional District in and around Omaha, Nebraska.

Real Clear Politics has their map moving Pennsylvania into the toss-up column, and some pollsters are also saying Virginia is still in play, although the Old Dominion may be firmly Clinton country at this point. And Trump would be better off focusing on states where he has a chance. Colorado could be one of those states. Although Clinton had a clear lead in some polls last month in the Centennial State, her support seems to have collapsed. According to the Real Clear Politics average, she is just ahead of by 2.6 points. In a University of Denver poll, Trump and Clinton are tied at 39 percent. This race is tightening, but again, the question is whether Trump’s momentum hasn’t started too behind schedule. Still, Clinton is not untouchable — and Democratic enthusiasm has plummeted.