Pennsylvania is, in many ways, the be-all, and end-all for the 2024 presidential election.
FILE - A worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pa., May 27, 2020. and have correctly voted for the nationwide winner in 47 out of 59 elections. Its political demographics continue to shift, forcing candidates to continue courting voters in this pivotal swing state.
The shifting demographics are tied to a decline in traditional manufacturing jobs, particularly in the industrial regions, and a spike in growth for jobs in education and technology in the state. So naturally, more people with college degrees moved into the state and started voting. Pennsylvania hasn’t always been a swing state. Rewinding back to 2016, Trump beat the odds and was the first Republican to win Pennsylvania since 1988. But, before then, it had been won by Democrats for almost thirty years. Fast forward to 2020, Pennsylvania secured the White House for President Biden.Pennsylvania has 19 Electoral College votes, the most out of all the swing states. It’s also just always been the center of the action.
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