Voters in the seven battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin can play a decisive role in the US presidential election, where they will decide between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. Here are ten counties to watch in these states:
Maricopa County, Arizona
Phoenix is key to winning the southwestern state, as it accounts for about 60 percent of the statewide vote. In the 2020 election, President Biden won the county by 2.2 percentage points, while former President Donald Trump won by almost 3 percentage points in 2016.
Cobb County, Georgia
In Atlanta’s vast northern suburbs, Democrats could get the large number of votes needed to win the state, as Democratic President Joe Biden did in 2020, when he won the county by about 14 percentage points. In 2016, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was ahead of her rival here by just 2 percentage points, but at the same time lost the state to Trump.
Baldwin County, Georgia
In central Georgia, Baldwin County is much smaller than Cobb, but this district is a good indicator of the turnout of black voters, who make up 40 percent of the population. This is the seat in Georgia where Biden’s margin in 2020 was narrower than Clinton’s in 2016.
People line up to cast their ballots in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day morning outside the Billings Park Community Center polling place in Superior, Wisconsin, the United States, November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Erica Dischino
Wayne County, Michigan
Home to Detroit’s 1.7 million residents, Michigan’s Wayne County is about 40 percent black. In 2020, Biden won this county with more than 68 percent of the vote, taking the state.
Washoe County, Nevada
In the northwest corner of Nevada, around Reno, Washoe County is less ethnically diverse than the Las Vegas area, but has shown more Democratic leanings in recent elections. Biden won this county by more than 4 percentage points in 2020 ahead of Trump.
Wake County, North Carolina
Four years ago, Joe Biden won 65 percent of the vote in the Raleigh area, but that wasn’t enough to keep Donald Trump from taking the state in 2020.
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Erie County, located in the northwestern part of the state, has voted for the winning presidential candidate in the last four elections, including Biden in 2020, when he won the county by one percentage point, while in 2016 Trump was the winner here by 2 percentage points.
Campaign signs for Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris are seen on Route 33 on November 2, 2024 in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Bucks County, north of Philadelphia, is the most swing county in Pennsylvania, with a large number of working-class voters. In 2016, Bucks helped Donald Trump win with a majority of 45,000 people, and in 2020, Joe Biden with a majority of 80,000 people.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
The suburb of Pennsylvania’s capital, Harrisburg, supported Trump in the last two elections, most recently by 11 percentage points, but the Democrats could reduce that percentage if they managed to attract the area’s growing number of white-collar workers.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Milwaukee’s populous western suburbs have been Donald Trump’s stronghold for the past two campaigns, with the Republican winning Waukesha County by more than 20 percentage points each time. Voters here will have to vote for Trump again at a similar rate for Republicans to retake the state, which Joe Biden won four years ago — he pointed to it a Reuters.
Source: www.economx.hu
