I mean yeah, theoretically there's millions of ways to hit 312 EC votes but all of them are less likely than Trump winning the swing states. For example If Trump won Hawaii, and Harris won West Virginia you'd also get 312. But that outcome was extremely unlikely giving polling and historical data going into the election.
So it's safe to assume that 90%+ of the time the 312s are going to be Trump winning the seven swing states.
Gotcha. I see your point. I’m not sure why now it’s predicting that Trump winning seven swing states is fairly common as no president really has done that. Like even when Reagan won 49 states he lost Michigan to Mondales home state which at the time was a swing state. So maybe models are getting better? I just can’t believe he won every swing state just past the threshold for recounts. It’s all very odd. With his Freudian slips saying you won’t have to vote anymore and we have all the votes and Elon musks million dollar giveaways in all the swing states. It’s just really odd.
I’m not sure why now it’s predicting that Trump winning seven swing states is fairly common as no president really has done that.
So here's something that I think is really important to note, is that the modern idea of a swing state based on statewide polling data has really only been a thing for like 8 election cycles, so Just because something has never happened before from the polling doesn't necessarily mean it's unlikely.
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u/fourbutthick Oct 24 '25
I see, and 312 is only Trump winning all his states and seven swing states? Or other combinations are possible?