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Why Swing States Have So Much Sway in the US Election

US Election: Wisconsin’s Mail-in Votes and County PoliticsPhotographer: Matthew Hatcher/AFP/Getty Images

The US presidential election will likely be decided by a only few thousand voters in a handful of what have come to be known as swing states.

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