How ‘Swing States’ Will Affect the 2016 Election
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The process of electing a president can be baffling. It takes what feels like forever and brings along with it jargon that you only hear every four years. Here’s a term you’ve probably heard tossed around this year: “swing states.” Every election year, candidates and pundits make a huge fuss over these states, and for good reason; they need them to win.
The race to the White House is dictated by swing states—also known as “battleground states” or “purple states”—where the popular vote is projected to be split near evenly between both major political parties.
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