The "Swing States" are the states which could tip the scales and decide the US president election. VIDEOGRAPHIC
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00:00The swing states are the states which could tip the scales and decide the U.S. presidential election.
00:11In these states, the outcome of the vote is uncertain, unlike the vote in Democratic or Republican strongholds.
00:17So candidates concentrate their campaigning efforts on these states.
00:20In Ohio, for example, the pendulum swung to a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives in 1984.
00:27Candidates switched back to the Republicans in 1994, except from 2008 to 2010.
00:33In 2000, the very close result in Florida swung the presidential election in favor of George W. Bush.
00:39Then the state, after giving its electoral college votes twice to Barack Obama, voted for Donald Trump in 2016.
00:47The swing states change over time.
00:50In 2024, the main key states are expected to be Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and North Carolina.