Shifting from one camp to another in each election, seven states, often called the “swing states”, could change the results of the American presidential election on November 5. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are engaged in a real battle to seduce them.
Some 244 million Americans are expected to vote for the presidential election this November 5. Return of former President Donald Trump or the historic election of Kamala Harris, who would become the first woman in the White House, victory risks being decided by a few tens of thousands of votes. Indeed, the two candidates are competing for seven “swing states”, key states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
During the last presidential election, in 2020, Joe Biden conquered several of these states, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin. In 2016, the year of Donald Trump’s victory, he also colored six “swing states” in red, the color of the Republicans: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. .
Thus, from one election to another, these “swing States”, sometimes called “undecided States”, or “hinge States”, can change sides, and represent a significant reserve of electors.
«the winner takes all»
The American presidential election, unlike France, is an indirect ballot: at the polls, voters designate the 538 electors who will then vote to elect the next leader.
A victory therefore results in the votes of 270 electors. As a reminder, each state has a different number of electors, corresponding to the number of representatives in Congress: Wyoming, for example, has three votes despite its more than 560,000 inhabitants.
In 48 of the 50 states the “winner takes all” rule applies, allowing the list that comes first in each state to win all the votes of the electors. The only states deviating from this rule, where the electors are distributed proportionally, Maine and Nebraska, accumulate nine votes.
For the “swing States”, Nevada represents 6 votes, Wisconsin 10 votes, Arizona 11 votes, Michigan 15 votes, Georgia and North Carolina 16 votes each and finally, Pennsylvania has 19 votes. In total, they therefore made it possible to collect 93 votes.
low combat jerk
In July, after the withdrawal of Joe Biden and the entry on the scene of the current Vice-President Kamala Harris, the latter immediately set out to conquer these seven states.
Since the start of the electoral campaign, the candidates have focused their efforts on the “swing States”. It is in particular through meetings that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are trying to convince the Americans, especially since the polls predict an extremely close election.
