Pennsylvania is set to be the tipping-point state this November.
That is the belief of Toni Monkovic of the New York Times’ Upshot and David Rothschild of PredictWise.
“Based on the PredictWise state polling probabilities, the entire election could boil down to Pennsylvania,” Monkovic began his first question to Rothschild. “If Hillary Clinton wins the state, she’ll probably be president. If Donald J. Trump wins there, he’ll probably be president.”
“Pennsylvania has been the most likely tipping-point state since midsummer,” Rothschild answers.
“Every day, I run 100,000 simulations of the election,” he continues. “And every day since late July, Pennsylvania has been the state that most frequently is won by the candidate who wins the election. Currently, there are just 6 percent of scenarios where Clinton wins Pennsylvania but loses the election, and just 3 percent of scenarios where Clinton loses Pennsylvania and wins the election.”
It’s important to note that the tipping-point designation doesn’t mean that the election will come down solely to Pennsylvania (like what occurred with Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004). Instead, whoever wins Pennsylvania is likely to win enough other swing states to cross the 270 electoral vote threshold.
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And the state that elected Tom Corbett governor and “the guy who was NOT Corbett” (didn’t matter who) in 2014 General. And the GOP organization that backed Corbett for reelection is who Trump is depending on? Yikes. PA might elect corrupt Ds like McCord and the not-ready-for-prime-time Kane, but it also elects incompetent Rs and backs 100 percent sure-to-lose Rs. Not just Corbett in 2014, also Santorum, Swann, Matthews, Ellis, Rafferty…the list is endless. If PA is critical to Trump, he’d better “fire” the whole organization and replace them with people who at least try to win elections.
Tipping point…maybe. But not if PA is eight points in Clinton’s favour when the nation is a tossup.
PA will go Trump. This election is going to put the pollsters out in the streets.
The same people who elected Kathleen Kane and Rob McCord
The nation is at risk if it depends on the wisdom of PA voters.