Financial Times: Can you mastermind a US presidential campaign?

Presidential elections in the United States are quickly approaching. For this special occasion Financial Times has created an interactive game, which allows you to become party leader and try to win electoral college in 10 swing states. You will compete against other readers of the Financial Times. At my best attempt I have beaten 75% of the other readers. How many will you beat?

Fig. 1:Screenshot of the game.

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The game itself is inspired by game theory and uses Colonel Blotto game as its basis.