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Politico reported today on a Florida poll that shows Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump by 13 points and Ted Cruz by nine.
Why is that important?
Because if Clinton wins Florida and carries the 19 states (plus D.C.) that have voted for the Democrat presidential nominee in each of the last six elections, she will be the 45th president.
It's that simple.
Here's the underlying math. If Clinton wins the 19 states (and D.C.) that every Democrat nominee has won from 1992 to 2012, she has 242 electoral votes. Add Florida's 29 and you get 271.
Game over.
The Republican map — whether with Trump, Cruz or the ideal Republican nominee (Paul Ryan?) as the standard-bearer — is decidedly less friendly.
There are 13 states that have gone for the GOP presidential nominee in each of the last six elections.
But they only total 102 electorate votes.
That means the eventual nominee has to find, at least, 168 more electoral votes to get to 270.
Which is a hell of a lot harder than finding 28 electoral votes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/02/republicans-have-a-massive-electoral-map-problem-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-donald-trump/