Electoral map 2016 US presidential elections predictions: Hillary Clinton leading in projections, Donald Trump the underdog
U.S. politics will be undoubtedly dominated by the fierce race to the White House until election day in November.
Now that it appears that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have secured their respective party's nominations for the U.S. presidential race, the battle to replace Barack Obama in the Oval Office is becoming a tense and vicious one.
With less than five months to go before the United States presidential elections on Nov. 8, various electoral map projections show presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leading over her Republican opponent, mogul/television personality Donald Trump. These electoral map projections reflect what the electoral college map could look like and show whether each state is leaning towards Clinton or Trump.
According to the electoral map published by ABC News on Wednesday, June 8, Clinton will enter the general election with 262 electoral votes over Trump, who has 191. These include both solid and leaning states. Eighty-five electoral votes are in toss-up states, which include Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Iowa. These swing states should leave Trump supporters hopeful as, for now, neither he nor Clinton has a significant lead in these states.
Meanwhile, state-by-state projections provided by the website 270ToWin show Clinton with 217 votes and Trump with 191. 130 votes are toss-ups.
In another projection on Freedom's Lighthouse, Clinton has 227 votes, Trump has 180, and toss-ups account for 131 of the votes. The toss-up states include Florida, Arizona, Indiana, North Carolina, Colorado, Nevada, Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
These electoral map projections show that the election cycle, over the years, has been largely unpredictable. And although Clinton appears to have a significant advantage over Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee has vowed to shake things up and scramble the map.
A presidential candidate needs 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. They are the nation's 435 representatives and 100 Senators, and three additional electors from the District of Columbia.
