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It was a joke i meant Trump Pulls Out of Virginia
In a tacit acknowledgement that the Old Dominion State is a lost cause, the Trump campaign has pulled its staff and resources out of Virginia. On one hand, given the polling data, the writing has been on the Virginia wall for many weeks, particularly once the campaign decided to fire its Virginia state chair for staging an unauthorized protest against the RNC. On the other hand, Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) campaigned there as recently as Tuesday, and Republican operatives in the state had been given no indication the end was nigh until the news was sprung upon them Thursday. So, the actual decision appears to have been made very quickly and very recently.
Naturally, this narrows Trump's path to the White House quite a bit. If we add Virginia's 13 EVs to the 242 in the Democrats' blue wall (and there's been no particular reason to believe that Trump will crack the wall), then that puts Hillary Clinton at 255. She can get over the top with Florida (29), or Ohio (18), or Georgia (15), or North Carolina (15), or Arizona plus New Mexico (16), or Missouri plus Utah (16), or Colorado plus Nevada (15). Barring the mother of all October surprises, or a Reaganesque performance by Trump in the third debate, the most dramatic campaign in recent memory looks like it will end with a whimper. (Z)
http://www.electoral-vote.com/#item-6
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