Democrats have been revealing a level of confidence and at the same maintaining a streak of calmness, for a reason not known to many — Hillary Clinton's advisers can see plenty of paths to the White House, according to Politico.
Clinton's consultants are now focusing not only on the one or two battlegrounds that would ensure a win, but on opening up the possibility of an Electoral College landslide, the report stated.
"Hillary Clinton has many paths to 270 electoral votes, more than any candidate in a generation," Jeff Berman, a paid consultant to her campaign, was quoted as saying.
The Democratic nominee's outside advisers have evaluated victories in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire as the path of least resistance. They are sure that over 270 electoral votes will not be a difficult task to take the White House. The consultants are also upbeat about gaining ground in Republican-leaning North Carolina, which is tipped to be as critical as Ohio or Pennsylvania.
Hillary's advisers saw there was virtually no chance of Donald Trump winning Pennsylvania, according to Politico. A recent Monmouth University poll was proof enough to bolster their confidence. The survey found that Clinton was up 10 points over college-educated whites in the state and tied with the Republican nominee among white women.
In a WBUR poll released in August, Clinton led Trump by 15 points in New Hampshire. This has made Democrats feel themselves in command over the state as well.
Those two victories where Clinton's party showed supremacy over Trump would be enough to pave way for Hillary's White House entry. On the contrary, the absence of a planned campaign strategy makes Donald Trump's path to 270 electoral votes an uphill task.
However, the Clinton campaign is not just banking on these two states.
"She is sitting at 269 electoral votes guaranteed right now. I would argue she is sitting at 347 but for argument's sake we can suspend reality for a moment," David Plouffe, the architect of Barack Obama's two victories and an outside adviser to Clinton's campaign, told Politico,
"The Clinton campaign is smart to have such a wide playing field," he continued. "It increases your margin of error, forces Trump to play defense in the Georgia, Utah, and Arizona — and preserves the chance for an Electoral College landslide."
Clinton officials do not believe in projecting overconfidence, hence are eager to keep expectations low.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania state director Corey Dukes dismissed the overconfidence about his state, saying "there was absolutely a way for Trump to win there."
"We want to do everything we can to mobilize the African-American vote," Dukes said. "We are also talking a lot to our voters in the Collar Counties — Chester, Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery counties — Allegheny County and the suburbs; that's where a lot of these college educated voters are."
Ohio state director Chris Wyant, who noted that he only saw signs of Trump campaign staffers in the state recently, said, "We didn't see anything in May, or June, or July. Frankly that gives us (Democrats) a real advantage, there's so much that happens to get where we are today."
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and North Carolina, which fall under the first tier of states, are being seen as potential paths to Clinton's victory in the race.
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