Electoral College Map 2012: Obama Maintains Lead By 53 Votes
Only six days stand between now and the 2012 presidential election, and while Mitt Romney still has a slight edge in nationwide polls, President Barack Obama is holding on to the advantage on the electoral map.
Obama is still ahead of his Republican challenger, according to projections on how the Electoral College will vote come Election Day, but his lead has narrowed slightly over this week.
Just two days ago, on Monday, The Huffington Post's data analysis projected Obama had 277 electoral votes safely leaning his way, which would have been enough to send him over the edge of the 270-vote margin needed to win the presidency. But as of Wednesday, The Huffington Post's map shows Obama with 259 electoral votes in its Election Day projection.
Romney's projected count of electoral votes has remained unchanged since the beginning of the week. The Huffington Post's forecast, which is based on analysis of many different polls, shows Romney with 206 electoral votes leaning his way as of now.
CLICK HERE to check out The Huffington Post's electoral projections along with its interactive map.
Another change since the beginning of the week has been the number of electoral votes that are still too close to predict whether they will go to one candidate or the other. On Monday, a total of 55 electoral votes were still in the toss-up category, and that number has increased to 73 toss-up votes on Wednesday.
The Huffington Post's data breaks down the states and their respective electoral votes as follows:
-Strong Obama: 217 electoral votes
-Leans Obama: 42 electoral votes
-Toss Up: 73 electoral votes
-Leans Romney: 15 electoral votes
-Strong Romney: 191 electoral votes
The Huffington Post's Electoral College map projection is based on analysis on various nationwide and state by state polls, but the forecast for how each electoral vote will go on Election Day is subject to change throughout the next week.
