Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley,
Sabato's Crystal Ball September 19th, 2016
And then, everything changed.
Well, not everything, but enough to generate the first major revision in our electoral map, and all of it is in Donald Trump’s direction for now.
Let us make our view perfectly clear: We still believe that Hillary Clinton is more likely than Trump to win the election, and she still has the advantage in the Electoral College. Yet it is equally apparent that she has stumbled badly in recent weeks, fueling Trump’s polling advance. And the Republican nominee has more pathways to 270 electoral votes than he did before.
Electoral College: Trump’s standing improves across the map
Table 1: Crystal Ball Electoral College ratings changes
Clinton’s slide boosts Republican Senate chances
Table 2: Crystal Ball Senate ratings changes