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September 30, 2024 at 3:57 PM. SCRANTON, Pa.—. While northeastern Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County has been a Democratic stronghold in state and federal elections, voters on the streets of the ...
Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms " red state " and " blue state " have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections. [1][2] By contrast, states where the vote ...
Partisan lean of more than 10 points towards Donald Trump. 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.
TAL AXELROD. September 27, 2024 at 8:07 AM. Democrats have long said that they remain competitive in Florida and Texas, two erstwhile swing states that have jolted right in recent election cycles ...
In 2016, Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Pennsylvania since George H.W. Bush in 1988, winning by a margin of 0.7 percent. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the state by 1.2 percent. Pennsylvania has a split government as of June 2024, with the governor's office being held by a Democrat ...
When Trump won the state in 2020 without clinching the White House, he became the first to win Ohio but lose the presidency since the state sided with Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy in 1960.
The " blue wall " is a term used by political pundits to refer to the 18 U.S. states and the District of Columbia that the Democratic Party won in each presidential election from 1992 to 2012. George W. Bush, the only Republican president elected during this time, was able to narrowly win the electoral college in 2000 (271) and 2004 (286) only ...
Updated September 5, 2024 at 8:22 AM. Former President Donald Trump is returning to Pennsylvania for a town hall Wednesday, Sept. 4, in yet another attempt to win over voters in the crucial swing ...