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Pennsylvania could give Harris the White House; here’s how to do it

Pennsylvania could give Harris the White House; here’s how to do it

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Only 93 electoral votes are up for grabs in the tight race for the White House key swing states this will decide the election.

Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes, is ground zero for both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The outcome of the months-long war in the Keystone State will be known after polls close on Tuesday.

For Harris, winning Pennsylvania could guarantee her path to the White House. Here’s why.

How many electoral votes does Harris need?

As it stands, Vice President Kamala Harris is projected to block 226 electoral votes from blue or blue-leaning states.

According to current projections, former President Donald Trump could count 219 electoral votes in his column.

That means Harris needs 44 more electoral votes to reach the required 270 points, and Pennsylvania’s 19 votes go a long way toward achieving that goal. It would leave just 74 electoral votes on the table, with Trump needing 51 and Harris only needing 25.

Harris would only need to beat Michigan (15) and Wisconsin (10) to surpass the 270-point mark.

Will Pennsylvania vote for Harris?

The polls in battleground states They went back and forth, as the name “swing state” suggests, with both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris maintaining razor-thin margins at different times.

This indecision will likely show itself on Election Day when the votes are counted and the odds of winning swing back and forth