by Nicole Silverio
Fox News’ Karl Rove said Tuesday that GOP candidate Donald Trump only needs to win one state: Pennsylvania, Georgia or Michigan to become president-elect.
Trump would have won 252 electoral votes if he won the battleground states of Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina on election night, which would require the former president only to win Pennsylvania, Michigan or Georgia to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win, Bill noted Hemmer, Fox News host. Rove said Trump can afford to lose some key battleground states and still be “outperformed” in such a close race.
“It will be very close,” Rove said. – Like you said, looks like Arizona [Trump’s] best state, but in North Carolina everything seems to be going their way. More Republicans are voting in early voting than our Democrats, but the state has a huge group of unaffiliated independent voters, we don’t know exactly how they vote, but it will be close because, as you say, if he wins Georgia, the race is over. If he wins Pennsylvania and loses Georgia, the race will be over because if he wins Nevada, Arizona, and North Carolina, that will give him a spot on one of the state’s 15 or 19 electoral college votes: Michigan, Georgia, is 16, and Pennsylvania is [is] 19. Each of them puts him on top.”
The Republican Party candidate has made historic conquests among many demographic groups, especially among them manual workersyouthful black AND Latin menwho have massively distanced themselves from the Democratic Party.
The former president has an advantage of almost 2 points advantage over Harris in Arizona, 0.2 points ahead in Nevada and 1.2 points ahead in North Carolina, according to FiveThirty Eight questionnaire medium. Trump has another 0.3 points Lead in Pennsylvania, while Harris has 0.1 points Lead in Wisconsin and almost 1 point advantage according to FiveThirtyEight in Michigan.
Trump took it Lead nationwide over Harris with 47% to 45% of the vote, according to a Wall Street Journal poll released Oct. 24, while a up-to-date CNBC poll found that former President securing in the country with a two-point advantage. Former president too held According to RealClearPolling averages as of Oct. 18, he is 0.8 points ahead of Harris in all swing states.
Historically, former president better results his polling averages in the 2016 and 2020 elections, although there is a risk he could fall brief in the upcoming election, CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said Tuesday.
The former president could become the first Republican Party candidate to receive the nomination win by popular vote since 2004.
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Nicole Silverio is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
