Bush's Lead Appears to be Growing in Electoral College

New CNN Poll Gives Bush Over 300 Electoral Votes

- According to a new survey released today by CNN, President Bush would recieve 301 electoral votes if the election were held today. Democratic challenger John Kerry would recieve the other 237. With the magic number for winning the presidency standing this year at 270, Bush would be re-elected for another four years in office. Of course, the electoral vote does not reflect the popular vote of the people, but is in the end what elects the president. Bush has overtaken New Hampshire and Iowa in recent weeks from John Kerry, giving him 33 states in the union while John Kerry holds the other 17 and the District of Columbia. With Kerry claiming the West Coast and most of the northeastern states and Bush in charge of the entire southern block (except California) as well as the mountain states, the main battleground for votes still remains the Midwest. Having to cancel campaign rallies due to illness has not helped Kerry here in the last week, especially in key states such as Iowa.
Kerry holds slight leads in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Oregon, Minnesota, Michigan, and Maine. Al Gore carried these states in the 2000 election. Bush's leads are minisucle in two states, Colorado and New Mexico. The situation is complicated in Colorado though, as a proposed amendment in the state government may allow the state to split its electoral votes based on percentages to each candidate. Bush, according to the poll, leads Kerry 45 to 44 percent there. Bush also leads in key state Florida as well as Wisconsin.