Electoral Score Card

Let subscribers preserve this copy of TIME. On Election Day, having cast their votes, taken their holiday, dined and turned on their radios, let them use the blanks below for predictions, wagers or alert tabulation. There are 531 electoral votes. It takes 266 to elect.

The South

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Alabama 12 Arkansas 9 Florida 6 Georgia 14 Louisiana 10 Mississippi 10 Nor.Carolina 12 South Carolina 9 Texas 20 Virginia 12

The West

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Arizona 3 California 13 Colorado 6 Idaho 4 Montana 4 Nevada 3 New Mexico 3 Oregon 5 Utah 4 : Washington 7 Wyoming 3

The Border

Electoral Votes Hoover Smith Delaware 3 Maryland 8 West Virginia 8 Kentucky 13 Tennessee 12 Missouri 18 Oklahoma 10

The East

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Maine 6 New Hampshire 4 Vermont 4 Massachusetts 18 Rhode Island 5 Connecticut 7 New York 45 New Jersey 14 Pennsylvania 38

The Midwest

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Ohio 24 Indiana 15 Michigan 15 Illinois 29 Iowa 13 Wisconsin 13 Minnesota 12 North Dakota 5 South Dakota 5 Nebraska 8 Kansas 10