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Great Lakes no help for a struggling Trump on road to 270

In this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes a tour of McLanahan Corporation headquarters, a company that manufactures mineral and agricultural equipment in Hollidaysburg, Pa. On a Road to 270 that increasingly looks to be uphill climbs and dead ends for Trump in the nation’s usual collection of battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee needs a place to reset his Electoral College map. His stops this past week in Michigan and Pennsylvania suggest he’s looking at the industrial heartland states on the Great Lakes, a part of the country where he’s said he can compete with the Democratic nominee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
In this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes a tour of McLanahan Corporation headquarters, a company that manufactures mineral and agricultural equipment in Hollidaysburg, Pa. On a Road to 270 that increasingly looks to be uphill climbs and dead ends for Trump in the nation’s usual collection of battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee needs a place to reset his Electoral College map. His stops this past week in Michigan and Pennsylvania suggest he’s looking at the industrial heartland states on the Great Lakes, a part of the country where he’s said he can compete with the Democratic nominee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes a tour of McLanahan Corporation headquarters, a company that manufactures mineral and agricultural equipment in Hollidaysburg, Pa. On a Road to 270 that increasingly looks to be uphill climbs and dead ends for Trump in the nation’s usual collection of battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee needs a place to reset his Electoral College map. His stops this past week in Michigan and Pennsylvania suggest he’s looking at the industrial heartland states on the Great Lakes, a part of the country where he’s said he can compete with the Democratic nominee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By Associated Press 5 min read

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The numbers are stark for Donald Trump. Down in Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina.

Hillary Clinton is starting to spend a little money in Georgia and Arizona, states that any Republican running for president ought to be able to count on.

The road to 270 electoral votes – the threshold to clinch the presidency – increasingly looks to be a series of uphill climbs and dead ends for Trump in the usual collection of most competitive states.

The GOP nominee needs a place to reset the electoral map, and stops this past week in Michigan and Pennsylvania suggest he’s looking at the industrial heartland states on the Great Lakes. It’s a part of the country where he has said he can compete with Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump will find the going there no easier than anywhere else.