Hillary Clinton Surges on Electoral Vote Map, Showing Enough Support to Win Presidency Over Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton tops the electoral votes needed to win the White House in a new map projection released Monday that shows the Democratic nominee would earn 288 electoral votes, while Republican rival Donald Trump would secure just 174, if the election was held today.

The updated map, which was released by NBC News on Monday, is the newest indication that Trump's campaign is taking a nosedive following a slew of polls that show him losing support for his White House run, especially in battleground states.

While Clinton has exceeded the 270 electoral votes needed on the map, it also shows 76 electoral votes to be toss-ups across six states that include Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Nevada and Ohio.

Although the latest map lists Florida, Iowa and Ohio as toss-ups, other recent polls show that Clinton is ahead of Trump in those states. Previously, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado and Michigan are among the states now considered to lean Democrat that were previously toss-up states.

• Likely Dem: CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IL, ME (3 EVs) MD, MA, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA (200 electoral votes)
• Lean Dem: CO, MI, NE (1 EV), NH, NC, PA, VA, WI (88),
• Toss-up: FL, GA, IA, ME (1EV), NV, OH (76)
• Lean GOP: AZ, KS, MO, SC, UT (41)
• Likely GOP: AL, AK, AR, ID, IN, KY, LA, MS, MT, NE (4 EVs), ND, OK, SD, TN, TX, WV, WY (133)

In recent national polling, Clinton leads head-to-head match-ups against Trump, with the Democrat holding 47.8 percent support compared to 41 percent for the New York businessman, according to averages compiled by RealClear Politics.

According to FiveThirtyEight, the data-centric site run by Nate Silver, Clinton has an 89 percent chance of winning the presidency, while Trump has an 11 percent chance.

Trump, who once reveled in reading the poll results at rallies, has now taken to blasting the media and their polls.

"I’m not running against Crooked Hillary [Clinton], I’m running against the crooked media," Trump said at a rally in Fairfield, Connecticut, on Saturday. "That’s what I’m running against. I’m not running against Crooked Hillary."

On Sunday, he followed up that message on social media, tweeting, "If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20%."