Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are both hoping several key US states swing in their favour
These are the 'swing states': so called because they will help swing the overall result either towards Democrat candidate and current vice president Kamala Harris, or away from Ms Harris and towards her Republican opponent – and former president – Donald Trump.
Joe Biden regained it narrowly for the Democrats in 2020, but polls suggest the outcome this year is on a knife’s edge. Mr Trump’s victory in 2016 was tiny – by just 0.2 percentage points – but symbolised the scale of his success in wooing working-class voters away from his opponent Hillary Clinton, particularly in a state that Barack Obama had carried by nine percentage points in 2012.
Arizona In 2020 Joe Biden was the first Democrat to win Arizona since Bill Clinton in 1996. This represented a major turnaround from 2016, when Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the state by more than three percentage points. North Carolina This is the one swing state on the list that was won by Donald Trump in 2020, though the result was close, with Mr Trump picking up 49.9% of the vote and Joe Biden 48.6%.
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