electoral votes
6.16.22
Jan. 6 panel pits Trump against Pence
—Rebecca Beitsch & Mike Lillis // The Hill // 16 Jun. 2022 // 7:12 PM ET
Jan. 6 panel pits Trump against Pence
—Rebecca Beitsch & Mike Lillis // The Hill // 16 Jun. 2022 // 7:12 PM ET
12.15.20
McConnell urges GOP senators not to object to Electoral College vote
—Jordain Carney & Alexander Bolton // The Hill // 15 Dec. 2020 // 3:15 PM EST
McConnell urges GOP senators not to object to Electoral College vote
—Jordain Carney & Alexander Bolton // The Hill // 15 Dec. 2020 // 3:15 PM EST
11.11.20
Regardless of the results from the recount, Biden will still have enough Electoral College votes to win the White House. With calls from Georgia and North Carolina still pending, and hesitance from some outlets to call Arizona for Biden amid his lead there, the former vice president still has 279 electoral votes after winning the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
—Tal Axelrod, The Hill, "Georgia secretary of state announces hand recount of presidential race," 11 Nov. 2020 {10:57 AM EST}
11.9.20
Biden currently holds 290 electoral votes, according to an Associated Press projection, and could get up to 306 if he wins Georgia.
—Jordain Carney, The Hill, "Graham to urge McConnell to probe mail-in voting if GOP controls Senate next year," 9 Nov. 2020 {12:26 PM EST}
11.7.20
Every major national news network called the 2020 race for Biden on Saturday, after his lead in multiple states grew and Trump's path to 270 electoral votes evaporated. Fox News called both Pennsylvania and Nevada for Biden, paving the former vice president's path to victory.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, "Chris Wallace after Fox calls race for Biden: This is going to be 'increasingly untenable' for Trump," 7 Nov. 2020 {1:47 PM EST}
Regardless of the results from the recount, Biden will still have enough Electoral College votes to win the White House. With calls from Georgia and North Carolina still pending, and hesitance from some outlets to call Arizona for Biden amid his lead there, the former vice president still has 279 electoral votes after winning the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
—Tal Axelrod, The Hill, "Georgia secretary of state announces hand recount of presidential race," 11 Nov. 2020 {10:57 AM EST}
11.9.20
Biden currently holds 290 electoral votes, according to an Associated Press projection, and could get up to 306 if he wins Georgia.
—Jordain Carney, The Hill, "Graham to urge McConnell to probe mail-in voting if GOP controls Senate next year," 9 Nov. 2020 {12:26 PM EST}
11.7.20
Every major national news network called the 2020 race for Biden on Saturday, after his lead in multiple states grew and Trump's path to 270 electoral votes evaporated. Fox News called both Pennsylvania and Nevada for Biden, paving the former vice president's path to victory.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, "Chris Wallace after Fox calls race for Biden: This is going to be 'increasingly untenable' for Trump," 7 Nov. 2020 {1:47 PM EST}
10.31.20
Biden has several realistic routes to the 270 electoral votes needed to claim the White House, and a Democratic landslide is also possible... "I know it's not much of a prediction, but the range of possible electoral vote outcomes here is far and wide," said [Steve] Kornacki, "from Biden wins with 413 electoral votes to Biden loses with 264 — and anything in-between."
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, "The Memo: Trump retains narrow path to victory," 31 Oct. 2020 {6:03 AM EDT}
Biden has several realistic routes to the 270 electoral votes needed to claim the White House, and a Democratic landslide is also possible... "I know it's not much of a prediction, but the range of possible electoral vote outcomes here is far and wide," said [Steve] Kornacki, "from Biden wins with 413 electoral votes to Biden loses with 264 — and anything in-between."
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, "The Memo: Trump retains narrow path to victory," 31 Oct. 2020 {6:03 AM EDT}
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