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The critical US swing states explained in four charts

The critical US swing states explained in four charts

US elections are won in a few hotly contested states, that alternate between Democrats and Republicans. The 2024 White House result is set to be tighter than ever.

Seven swing states will decide the election. Bethany Rae

About 240 million people are eligible to vote in the US election in November, but only a few of them will determine who becomes the next president.

And that few is likely to be clustered in just seven states, known as the swing or battleground states, where in 2020, just 310,000 voters determined the outcome.

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Trudy Harris
Trudy HarrisDeputy world editorTrudy Harris is deputy world editor at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Trudy on Twitter. Email Trudy at trudy.harris@afr.com
Matthew Cranston
Matthew CranstonUnited States correspondentMatthew Cranston was The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent.

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