swing state
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U.S. state where neither major party or candidate has overwhelming support, making it key to control of the Presidency or Senate
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Within Vinony's link graph, swing state is referenced by 676 other articles, and connects out to The New York Times, The Washington Post and United States Electoral College.
It sits within the topics Centrism in the United States, Electoral geography of the United States and Psephology.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- target market
- Country
- United States
- Image
- 2016 battleground states.svg
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- contributing factor of
- control
- Commons category
- Swing states
- has contributing factor
- United States Electoral College
- different from
- red states and blue states
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Encyclopedic overview
Summary of statewide results of the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections by state Won by the Republicans in all four elections
Won by the Republicans in three of the four elections
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “swing state” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.