Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden (2024)

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Which are the swing states? ›

Trump would beat Biden 37% to 35% overall in the seven swing states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada), according to the Ipsos poll released Thursday, which breaks down the results by region and gave voters the option of choosing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (6%), another ...

For the 2024 election, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are crucial battleground states that both Democrats and Republicans need to win to secure the 270 electoral votes required for the presidency.

In American politics, a swing state (also known as battleground state, toss-up state, or purple 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.

Since 1988, Wisconsin has leaned towards the Democratic Party in presidential elections, although Republican Donald Trump won the state by a margin of 0.77 percentage points.

Nevada is No. 33 in U.S. News' 2024 Best States rankings. Nevada, a diverse southwestern state home to “Sin City,” or Las Vegas, is a more traditional example of a swing state.

Although today Maine is considered somewhat Democratic in presidential elections having voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992.

The Republican Party since the 1920's has adhered to an ideology of fiscal conservatism. Republicans strongly believe that free markets and individual achievement are the primary factors behind economic prosperity.

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Age of presidents

The median age at inauguration of incoming U.S. presidents is 55 years. The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.

Donald Trump served as the 45th president of the United States (2017–21). He was the third president in U.S. history to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives and the only president to be impeached twice—once in 2019 (he was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in 2020) and once in 2021.

Despite not being a swing state, Alaska was one of the last states to be called; the state did not start counting absentee ballots or early votes that were cast after October 29 until November 10. Mail-in votes only had to be received by November 13 for them to be counted, and counting had to be completed by November ...

Oklahoma is currently categorized politically as conservative. The state has a history of Democratic state government dominance.

Both of Missouri's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Republicans since 2019.

The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.