# Democrats have a realistic path to capture 400 electoral votes in the 2028 election

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 5, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-have-a-realistic-path-to-capture-400-electoral-votes-in-the-2028-election/1034491 "2026-11-05T15:04:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-have-a-realistic-path-to-capture-400-electoral-votes-in-the-2028-election/1034491/5 "2026-11-05T16:03:09Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> The OP’s optimism is wildly unrealistic.

Yep, while it’s fun to dream about, this seems to be a pattern of these “pie in the sky” predictions made by the OP.

In 2016, [Hillary was gonna get 358 EV’s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-results-prediction-thread/769319/14) and then in 2020, [Biden was gonna come up just barely short of 400 EV’s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-the-2020-us-presidential-election/922525/5).

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