You be the campaign manager in this Electoral College simulation.

A presidential candidate needs 270 electors to win the national election. Decide which states a candidate must win in order to gain enough electors.

To help, you can review each state's historical election results since 1980, read about factors that could influence the next presidential election and browse relevant articles from OpinionJournal.com and Political Diary.

There are three parts to this interactive feature. You can navigate to any one by clicking the tabs above.

  1. Home -- This page
  2. The Calculator -- Start with the 2004 election results
  3. Articles -- Selections about strategy, states and issues and the Electoral College

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