‘Race Is Over’: Karl Rove Breaks Down Scenario Where Trump Would Only Need Pennsylvania, Georgia Or Michigan To Win

Fox News’ Karl Rove said Tuesday that Republican nominee Donald Trump only needs to win one state between Pennsylvania, Georgia or Michigan in order to become president-elect.

Trump would win 252 electoral votes if he wins the battleground state of Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina on Election Night, which would only require the former president to win either Pennsylvania, Michigan or Georgia in order to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win, Fox News host Bill Hemmer pointed out. Rove said Trump can afford to lose some of the key battleground states and still come out “over the top” in such a close race.

“It’s gonna be absolutely close,” Rove said. “As you said, Arizona appears to be best state, but in North Carolina, it appears to be going their way. More Republicans are voting in early voting than our Democrats, but the state has a large group of unaffiliated independent voters, we don’t know exactly how they’re voting, but it’s gonna be close because as you say, if he wins Georgia, the race is over. If he wins Pennsylvania and loses Georgia, the race is over because if he does take Nevada, Arizona and North Carolina, it gets him within either one of the 15 or 19 state electoral votes: Michigan, Georgia is 16, Pennsylvania 19. Any one of them puts him over the top.”

The Republican nominee has made historic inroads with many demographics, particularly among blue collar workers, young black and Latino men, who have distanced themselves from the Democratic Party in droves.

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