Let’s start. I’m going to use Djokstra’s algorithm (the Greedy algorithm). Vice President Harris and Governor Walz start with 223 electoral college votes and Trump starts with 218 electoral college votes. Here are the swing states.
AZ-11
NV-6
WI-10
Mi-15
PA-19
NC-15
GA-16
NE-02 – 1
ME-02-1
We need 47 electoral college votes to win. Below are all the paths that will get us to at least 270 electoral college votes. The following are tribes, the tribes will get us to 270 electoral college votes and anything added to those tribes will only increase that total. We start with the state that has the most electoral college votes and go in descending order. We look at combinations, not permutations, because the order doesn’t matter. We avoid repetition.
PA-19 (GA-16 and NC-15)+
PA-19 (GA-16 and MI-15)+
PA-19 (GA – 16, AZ – 11, NV – 6) +
PA-19 (GA-16, AZ-11 and NE-02-1)+
PA-19 (GA-16, AZ-11 and ME-02-1) +
PA-19 (GA-16, WI-10 and NV-6)+
PA-19 (NC-15 and MI-15)+
PA – 19 (NC – 15, AZ – 11, NV – 6)+
PA-19 (NC-15, AZ-11, ME-02-1 and NE-02-1)
PA-19 (MI-15, AZ-11 and WI-10)+
PA-19 (MI-15, AZ-11, ME-02-1 and NE-02-1)+
PA-19 (MI-15, AZ-11 and NV-6)+
PA-19 (AZ-11, WI-10, NV-6 and NE-02-1)
PA-19 (AZ-11, WI-10, NV-6 and ME-02-1)
These are all paths to over 270 electoral college votes, including Pennsylvania. You can see why Pennsylvania is such an important state and why the Trump campaign is so concerned about it.
GA -16 (MI – 15 and NC – 15)+
GA-16 (MI – 15, AZ – 11 and WI –10)+
GA-16 (MI – 15, AZ – 11 and NV – 6) +
GA-16 (MI – 15, WI – 10 and NV – 6) +
GA-16 (NC-15, AZ-11 and WI-10)+
GA-16 (NC – 15, WI – 10 and NV – 6)+
NC – 15 (MI – 15, AZ – 11 and WI – 10)+
NC-15 (MI – 15, AZ – 11 and NV – 6)+
NC – 15 (MI – 15, WI – 10, NV – 6 and ME-02 – 1) +
NC – 15 (MI – 15, WI – 10, NV – 6 and NE+02)
I hope this helps you see all the ways we can win and gives you courage!
