Swing state
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swing-state-204-17353446
title:
Swing state
text:
In American politics, a swing state is any state that could reasonably be won by either the Democratic or Republican candidate in a statewide election, most often referring to presidential elections, by a swing in votes. These states are usually targeted by both major-party campaigns, especially in competitive elections. Meanwhile, the states that regularly lean to a single party are known as "safe states", as it is generally assumed that one candidate has a base of support from which a sufficie
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Term for any American state where neither party's candidate for election has overwhelming support
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_state
date created:
2004-01-13T06:19:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T06:02:49Z
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