Election gurus: Trump will lose like Romney lost

By Pete Kasperowicz

Published May 5, 2016 6:47pm ET

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Election gurus: Trump will lose like Romney lost — Based on current surveys, several polling organizations say they can project that Trump is already down by more than 100 electoral votes. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File) | Mark Zaleski

Campaign prognosticators are already drawing maps saying that Republicans are on a path to lose the White House in the November election, and say Hillary Clinton is expected to defeat Donald Trump by about the same margin that President Obama defeated Mitt Romney in 2012.

The 2012 matchup surprised Romney’s team, who thought they had a shot at defeating Obama, but instead lost 332-206 electoral college votes.

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