CNN’s viewers may actually now have more disdain for the network than we do after their latest report on just how much of a trainwreck the Joe Biden campaign is.
Following the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump, CNN’s John King took a look at the latest data - and if Biden’s debate performance wasn’t the final nail in his campaign’s coffin, last Saturday was.
“If Donald Trump won, what we have here, dark red states, solid Republican. Light red states, leaning Republican. If he won just those right there, he would already have the path to 270. He would have 272 electoral votes,” King explained.
“Look what is different. We have Wisconsin as a toss-up. We have Pennsylvania as a toss-up. Two critical states for Joe Biden. Michigan right now, another critical state for Biden, leaning Republican. Georgia, a state Biden flipped, leaning Republican. Arizona, a toss-up state. That was a state Biden flipped. Nevada, a state he won, leaning Republican. This is the dire strait for Joe Biden right now on the first night of the republican convention. Tomorrow is 16 weeks to Election Day. Sixteen weeks from tomorrow, we count the votes. It is tough to change a map like this in that amount of time.”
All things considered, King points out that here “are viable paths to get [Trump] as high as 330, which means you can take some states away and he would still get to 270.” For reference, Trump defeated Hillary Clinton 304-227.
As of writing, the bookies are giving Biden fewer than a 20% chance of winning reelection.
Of course, everyone should go out on election day as if all the data suggests the exact opposite - it’s never time to get comfortable.
