As jarring as it's been to witness the anti-democratic, one-two punch in which a court in Colorado and an unelected bureaucrat in Maine decided Donald Trump cannot appear on primary election ballots, there are many more states where litigation is underway to ban the candidate who's currently leading the national race.
Together, the states where Trump's status is under active challenge account for 269 electoral votes - in a game where you need 270 to win.
Colorado and Maine have said Trump cannot appear on ballots; in the other highlighted states, litigation is underway to block him While there's a lot of red on that map, it understates the scope of the phenomenon.
These are only the states where either officials have decided Trump can't appear on a ballot, or where litigation is currently underway.
Some of them are states like Michigan and Minnesota, where challenges to Trump's appearance on primary ballots have been dismissed.
Written to block Confederate officials from US government service, here's the full text of the provision at issue: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
The RealClearPolitics polling average has Trump beating Biden, 46.8% to 44.5%. A December Bloomberg/Morning Consult Pro survey found Trump leading Biden in seven surveyed battleground states: North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania.
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