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Electoral Map: A Clinton blowout, higher GOP ‘defection rate’

By Paul Bedard

Published April 1, 2016 2:15pm ET

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Electoral Map: A Clinton blowout, higher GOP ‘defection rate’ — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a rally, Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Clinton won the state of Florida in the primary election. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) | Lynne Sladky

With the likely help of Republican voters dissatisfied with their presidential choices, Hillary Clinton is now poised to win the presidency in blowout fashion, according to a new and authoritative Electoral Map update.

The University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, which previously had Clinton and Donald Trump in an Electoral College shootout with neither having enough to get to the needed 270, now has Clinton with a whopping 347 Electoral Votes.

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