[know.your.why]

The thing is he wins pa he wins the whole thing

Im election stupid. Would someone please tell me why PA is so important?

[olivia3boys]

Lots of electoral votes. PA, OH, FL. A good trifecta needed for a Republican to win.

[enumerated]

It is because it is close. You could say the same thing about Florida.

Here’s one way to look at it:

If you assign all the states Trump won decisively in 2016 to Trump, he would have a base of about 225. He needs 270 to win. He won Florida by a couple points - so let’s add another 29 and that is 254 - now he only needs 16.

Pennsylvania is 20, so that could put him over the top, as it did in 2016.

But a lot of people think that PA, MI, WI have a lot in common - so if it starts to look like Trump will win PA, that means he’s more than likely to win those too.

That’s why a lot of us will be watching PA closely - if he wins Florida and then PA, Biden has no chance.