The Path to 270 – Interactive Electoral College Map
AndrewGrefig
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We’re in the final hours of what’s felt like a never-ending election cycle. It’s been a whole four years since we last posted some resources for our readers to use in your classrooms. Fear not! We have you covered for at least tomorrow, where you and your students can analyze each candidate’s path to 270 with our interactive Electoral College map.
Originally published in 2008, we updated the 2012 version to reflect changes in the population after the 2010 census. Historical data from 1996-2008 still exists. However, due to some quirky Flash-ness, looking at historical data changes the vote tally on the current map. So…once you look back you’ll need to load another copy of the object.
Our Flash-based object likely still works for most users. If you find that it doesn’t, or you need some other tools, check out these resources we’ve collected for you:
270 To Win
270 has a lot of forecast maps to investigate. They even make Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight statistical predictions into clickable models. There are a ton of maps that break down the “battleground” and “leaning” states for each candidate. Perhaps we’ll have answers on Wednesday, or maybe we won’t.
National Archives
Going all the way back to the landslide of 1964, the National Archives has historical data on every Presidential election since then. The 1984 map has one of the largest margins of victory in our history (behind the 1936 FDR and 1820 Monroe victories), and the 2000 election one of the smallest (271-266).
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