You'll see that the current state of the Electoral College on this map heavily favors Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Keep in mind that this reflects polling data coming directly after the Democratic National Convention, a point in the election cycle where it would figure to be favorable to Clinton after the expected polling bounce following four days of orchestrated positive programming touting the Democratic message.
By most accounts, the race is predicted to tighten during the final three months of the campaign, with the debates now looming as the events that will have the largest impact of any other presently planned occurrence.
The colors of the states on the map are as follows:
- Dark blue (strongly Clinton, 10 percent polling lead or more)
- Light blue (favors Clinton, between 5 and 9 percent polling lead)
- Lightest blue (lean Clinton, between 2 and 4 percent polling lead)
- Off-white (Toss-up, between -2 and +2 percent in polling)
- Lightest red (lean Trump, between 2 and 4 percent polling lead)
- Light red (favors Trump, between 5 and 9 percent polling lead)
- Dark red (strongly Trump, 10 percent polling lead or more)