US Elections 2020: Who is winning in swing state battlegrounds?
US Elections 2020: Who is winning in swing state battlegrounds?
(Web Desk) – Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading in the national polls against Donald Trump for the presidential election and this lead extends into 6 of the 8 key swing states which could go either way on Election Day.
But, it is important to remember that in 2016, Hillary Clinton also had a clear lead over Trump in the polls for almost the entire 2016 campaign and yet she ended up losing in the electoral college.
Because the presidential voting system assigns each state a number of electoral college votes, which go to the state’s victor regardless of the margin of victory, a handful of swing states will probably decide the election and be targeted heavily by campaigners.
Six of these eight states voted for Trump in 2016 after backing Barack Obama in 2012. The remaining two - Arizona and North Carolina - could emerge as vital new swing states this year.
As previously mentioned, some polls did not accurately report support for Donald Trump back in 2016, which could also be the case in this election’s polls.
Arizona (11 electoral votes)
- Trump: 45.9%
- Biden: 48.8%
Ohio (18 electoral votes)
- Trump: 48.1%
- Biden: 46.6%
Wisconsin (10 electoral votes)
- Trump: 44.1%
- Biden: 51.4%
North Carolina (15 electoral votes)
- Trump: 47.2%
- Biden: 48.8%
Michigan (16 electoral votes)
- Trump: 42.9%
- Biden: 51.7%
Iowa (6 electoral votes)
- Trump: 47.2%
- Biden: 47.1%
Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes)
- Trump: 45.2%
- Biden: 50.8%
Florida (29 electoral votes)
- Trump: 46.9%
- Biden: 48.7%
