First USA TODAY
Six states above all others have emerged as the top electoral prizes in the 2020 race for president.
Three are Great Lakes battlegrounds that Donald Trump carried four years ago by less than a percentage point: Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
And three are Sunbelt battlegrounds where Trump’s 2016 margins were a little bigger: Arizona, Florida and North Carolina.
Electoral votes
Between April and August, these six accounted for all of top 20 media markets in the presidential ad wars.
In their makeup, they showcase the great dividing lines in American politics (race, education, urban-suburban-rural) and the key demographic groups that will shape the outcome.
This series offers a closer look at the battlegrounds within the battlegrounds – the keys to the political map in the states that are likely to choose the next president.
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Second CBC
Who will be the next U.S. president? These states will decide
Assign each of the battleground states to the candidates to see who would win the presidency.
Play the game below to see how these states could determine who will win the presidency. Learn more about voters in each state and what could influence who they cast their ballots for. Assign each state’s electoral college votes to see what it means for the candidates and the combinations that would push Biden or Trump to a winning 270 electoral college votes.
Pennsylvania
The battleground will once again be close. Until 2016, Pennsylvania was considered reliably Democratic. But after supporting Barack Obama for president in 2008 and 2012, the state tipped in favour of Donald Trump. Luzerne County, which had voted Democratic since 1988, is seen as a microcosm of America’s turn to Trump, who won there by 20 points. With a stagnant economy hurt by the decline in coal and manufacturing, a strong base of white voters cast their lot with Trump. Republican voter turnout was way up while Democratic turnout was down, a phenomenon amplified in rural areas. But Trump may not be able to rely on that same group this time. Joe Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and will play up his blue-collar working-class roots. Also, that cohort of white, non-college-educated voters makes up a still significant but smaller percentage of the voter base, with an increase in Latin American, African American and Asian American voters across the state. Another key demographic will be white, suburban, college-educated women, especially those living in and around Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. They fuelled the near-sweep of House seats for the Democrats in the 2018 midterms.
Pennsylvania by the numbers
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Electoral college votes20
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2016Trump won by
44,292 votes -
Latest polling dataBiden
51.7%
Trump
46.3%