Electoral College Fails Bush

How does the Bush bounce impact the electoral college? It still leans Kerry:

The Zogby poll says the president has made up ground in many of the 20 battleground states, but Mr Kerry retains a slim lead in most of them - enough to give him a majority in the electoral college, if the vote was held now.

The college, which chooses the president, is made up of 538 delegates drawn from the 50 states and Washington DC, according to population. Assigning electors according to the way each state is leaning now, the Zogby poll gives Mr Kerry a lead of 273 to 222, down from the past two months, but a significant edge all the same.

"There's no doubt that Bush got a bounce ... but no way is he up 11 points," John Zogby, the head of Zogby International, said yesterday.

So after Swift Boat Veterans, reports of a lackluster campaign permeating the news, and the four day lovefest that was the Repbulican National Convention, Bush still ends up losing in the fall. No need to worry yet, folks.