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These key States are Ohio, Nevada, Florida, and Virginia.
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Nearly every State uses a winner-take-all system, such that the candidate who wins the popular vote in that State then receives all of its Electoral College votes.  It does not matter if the candidate wins by 51-49$ or 75-25%, the winner receives the same number of Electoral College votes for that State: all of them.
 
Nearly every State uses a winner-take-all system, such that the candidate who wins the popular vote in that State then receives all of its Electoral College votes.  It does not matter if the candidate wins by 51-49$ or 75-25%, the winner receives the same number of Electoral College votes for that State: all of them.
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The nationwide polls of which candidate has more overall support are almost irrelevant at this point.  What matters is who has more ''Electoral College'' support, and to calculate that number it requires looking at state-by-state polls.
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In more than 40 States one candidate is clearly ahead of the other candidate, and thus is likely to win all of the Electoral College votes for that State.  In only a handful of States is the outcome uncertain this close to the election.  These key States are Ohio, Nevada, Florida, and Virginia.
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