CNN's Electoral Map: Two states shift to Obama

(CNN) â?? Two more states have shifted to Barack Obama's column in the new CNN Electoral Map that charts the candidatesâ?? strength leading up to the November election.

"Toss-up" states Minnesota and Wisconsin were re-designated to "Lean-Obama" Friday, giving the presumptive Democratic nominee another 20 electoral votes in CNN's current estimate. The Illinois senator now has 231 electoral votes â?? 39 shy of winning the presidency.

CNN made the change after new polling conducted by Quinnipiac University showed that Obama holds double-digit leads over presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in both states. CNN's analysis estimates McCain has 194 electoral votes.

This is only a CNN estimate and is likely to change many more times in the lead up to the election.

The Quinnipiac surveys, released Thursday, showed Obama with a 17-point lead in Minnesota, 54-37 percent, and a 13 point lead in Wisconsin, 52-39 percent.

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I think we are just seeing the begining of the landslide here. More and more swing states are going to flip over into Obama's column pretty quickly here. Almost the entire midwest will flip very quickly, and then probalby Florida, Nevada, Colorado, maybe New Mexico. Hell, there is a chance he'll have enough margin in enough states that you might call it a lock before we even get to the conventions.

P4B, I see Obama has a 13-point lead in Wisconsin. Does that make you feel "blue?"
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Two states shift to Obama CNN's Electoral Map: Two states shift to Obama (CNN) â?? Two more states have shifted to Barack Obama's column in the new CNN Electoral Map that charts the candidatesâ?? strength leading up to the November election. "Toss-up" states Minnesota and Wisconsin were re-designated to "Lean-Obama" Friday, giving the presumptive Democratic nominee another 20 electoral votes in CNN's current estimate. The Illinois senator now has 231 electoral votes â?? 39 shy of winning the presidency. CNN Rating: 5