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About 240 million people can vote in this year’s US election. Still, only a relatively small number of them, seven swing states, are likely to decide who becomes the next president.
Under the US Constitution, it is established that each of the 50 states would hold its vote for president and under the complex Electoral College system, each state has a certain number of “electors,” based on population. However, most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all electors to whoever wins the popular vote.
Elections are typically decided in the high-stakes “swing states” that have a history of switching between Republican and Democratic candidates. This is because candidates need to receive 270 of the 538 electoral votes in order to win.
Vice President, Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are getting ready for the election confrontation that will take place on November 5. This election is expected to be one of the most tight battles in the history of contemporary American politics.
There are just a few states that are considered to be “swing” states, according to the opinions of experts, and it is possible that either Democrat Harris or Republican Trump may win those states.
This year, seven of such battlegrounds – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – seem to hold the keys to the White House.
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