1000000 blue cross welcome to the program there is still no winner in the u. S. President ial election but there are some encouraging signs for democratic challenger joe biden the former Vice President is breathing a little easier after picking up wins in some closely fought states president meanwhile is facing an increasingly difficult path to win reelection hes launched several legal challenges aimed at stopping vote counting after making unfounded allegations of voter fraud so where exactly are we on the election map lets take a look at the latest our figures put joe biden at 264. 00 electoral votes that is to president 1. 21 just 6 shy for joe biden from that magic number to 70 that you need to win the presidency of the United States now how is he getting there michigan 1st. This the counting is finished there and biden has been given it along with that its 16 votes to win in michigan leaves him chasing jess those 6 to get to 270 helped by neighboring state wisconsin those figures
Cnn political analyst david gergen, april ryan, and political commentator david swerdlick. And the gangs all here. Hope you had a Great Holiday. David, were at the end of the 2017 and despite the russia investigation inside the white house, despite the indictments, despite many of the controversies like charlottesville, is President Trump marching into 2018 living up to his name . So i dont think trump is but i think hes managed to get through this year thats been difficult for him and still have political resilience. Hes at 36 overall approval rating. If you look at that poll and some about his tax plan and other specific policies, they were named popular among republicans. And his white house and political shop and republicans in general are working from the base out, inward out. Thats what theyre going to pivot off of in 2018. Even though trump has proved himself to be unpopular with democrats and a lot of swing voters, he has given Establishment Republicans what they want in the fo
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