October 13, 2008 Rothenberg Report, a non-partisan analysis of American politics and elections, reports the following stats on current total electoral votes for each of the major ticket candidates.
Total Electoral Votes
(270 needed to win)
Obama – 214 (safe/likely) + 72 (lean) = 286
McCain – 160 (safe/likely) + 23 (lean) = 183
Toss-ups = 89
Toss-Ups
- Florida (27)
- Indiana (11)
- Missouri (11)
- Nevada (5)
- North Carolina (15)
- Ohio (20)
Lean McCain
- Georgia (15)
- Montana (3)
- West Virginia (5)
Lean Obama
- Colorado (9)
- Minnesota (10)
- New Hampshire (4)
- New Mexico (5)
- Pennsylvania (21)
- Virginia (13)
- Wisconsin (10)
Safe/Likely McCain
- Alabama (9)
- Alaska (3)
- Arizona (10)
- Arkansas (6)
- Idaho (4)
- Kansas (6)
- Kentucky (8)
- Louisiana (9)
- Mississippi (6)
- Nebraska (5)
- North Dakota (3)
- Oklahoma (7)
- South Carolina (8)
- South Dakota (3)
- Tennessee (11)
- Texas (34)
- Utah (5)
- Wyoming (3)
Safe/Likely Obama
- California (55)
- Connecticut (7)
- Delaware (3)
- Hawaii (4)
- Illinois (21)
- Iowa (7)
- Maine (4)
- Maryland (10)
- Massachusetts (12)
- Michigan (17)
- New Jersey (15)
- New York (31)
- Oregon (7)
- Rhode Island (4)
- Vermont (3)
- Washington (11)
- D.C. (3)
