Biden’s easiest path to victory

Unlike President Donald Trump, who has a very narrow set of paths to get to 270 electoral votes, Joe Biden has a slew of ways to get to that magic number. Here's his easiest route to the presidency.

Start with the 203 electoral votes that are regarded as solidly in Biden's camp. Then give him Nevada (6 electoral votes) and Colorado (9) where demographics are trending hard away from Trump's version of conservatism. That's 218 electoral votes.

Now move the traditional Democratic states in the upper Midwest -- Minnesota (10), Michigan (16) and Wisconsin (10) -- for Biden. While Trump carried Wisconsin and Michigan in 2016 -- and came close in Minnesota! -- there's little data that suggests he might repeat that feat on Tuesday. Trump is running closest in Minnesota of that trio, and, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average, he still trails Biden by almost 5 points. That's 254 electoral votes.

Which brings us to Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes. If Biden wins the state where he was born, that's 274 electoral votes -- and the White House.  Such a scenario would allow Biden to lose Florida, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Iowa and Ohio and still be elected president. Like I said, he's got a lot of paths to the White House.