2016 Election: Competitive States

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This electoral map shows those states decided by 10% or less in popular vote in the 2016 election. Use it as a starting point to create and share your 2020 presidential election forecast.

Seventeen states, along with one district in Nebraska met this criteria, for a total of 229 electoral votes. Interestingly, the state of Maine was decided by less than 3% while Clinton and Trump each won one of the state's two districts by more than 10%.

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