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DAYS AWAY FROM the US presidential election, candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are still out on the campaign trail trying to scrape up every last vote.
However, it’s not just about being more popular among the American population. In most places, it’s the Electoral College votes that decide whether a state goes Republican or Democrat.
If a candidate wins a state, they usually get all of that state’s Electoral College votes – it doesn’t matter if they win the state with 50.1% of the vote or 99%.
That’s why swing states, also known as battleground or toss-up states, are so important.
There are seven swing states where the polls are so close that it’s impossible to tell who is going to win the state – and as a result, it’s a toss-up who is going to win the actual election.
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