Via Kos, SUSA just did some major 50-state polling running hypothetical match-ups pitting Clinton against McCain and Obama against McCain. Bottom line? Clinton wins with 276 electoral votes, Obama wins with 280. But what's remarkable is that both Clinton and Obama win very differently. Clinton's victory looks like this:
And here's Obama's win:
First, just think through the macro message of these results. Both candidates beat McCain. And both do it by extremely similar electoral vote margins. So whoever, your candidate is, he/she is not the only electable one. And, indeed, it's fairly impressive that Clinton, for all her baggage, is still taking out McCain in national, specific, polling. But it's worth examining the actual composition of their victories:
And here's Obama's win:First, just think through the macro message of these results. Both candidates beat McCain. And both do it by extremely similar electoral vote margins. So whoever, your candidate is, he/she is not the only electable one. And, indeed, it's fairly impressive that Clinton, for all her baggage, is still taking out McCain in national, specific, polling. But it's worth examining the actual composition of their victories: 
