By NBC's Dave Carl
With about a hundred days left until the election, Chuck maps out how each candidate’s shortest path to 270 electoral college votes with a combination of battleground states.
What will it take to win in November? Chuck breaks out the Decision App touchscreen to take us through each candidate's road to 270.
The key to winning these battleground states may be how voters feel about negative campaigning. NBC’s Mark Murray writes that these attacks are taking a poll on both candidates.
Want to get your hands on the technology that Chuck uses on air? We can’t give you a touchscreen, but you can get your own copy of the NBC Politics Decision App here.


I would like to know if Paul Ryan took Survivors Benefits from Social Security when his Father died while he was in highschool? Does anyone know?
He took survivors benefits from social security. He saved all the benefits and in 1992 went to college on federal funds instead of using family's money.