As the two newly cemented tickets continue to make their case to voters, the recent

shakeups in the race have led to a reshuffling of the electoral math needed to win.

The Cook political report is out with updated ratings for the presidential race,

moving the three battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada from lean Republican to

toss up.

In this new assessment, there are now six states and 77 electoral votes up for grabs.

Amy Walter is editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and of course a member

of our News Hour family.

Hello.

So let's talk about your analysis today.

You wrote this.

You said, quote, things look a lot better for Democrats today than they did a few weeks ago.

But Trump is looking stronger now than he did in 2020.

Explain that to us.

What are you seeing now in the race and in the polling show?

That's right.

If you think about this from where we were when Biden was in this race so in the

pre-July 21st world if we think about this as a contest as a as a game the

contest was very lopsided against Biden. He was behind by a significant

number not just at the national popular vote but in those individual states, those individual battleground states, you can

see almost six points in a state like Georgia and Nevada.

Now just in the time that Harris- been in the race you've seen those numbers move

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