How to Use swing state in a Sentence

swing state

noun
Definition of swing statenext
  • And suppose that at the same time, Democrats win the swing states.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • The races are all sort of within the margin of error in these swing states.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
  • There could be enough in a few swing states to make a difference.
    — Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Colorado used to be considered a swing state but has moved to the left.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 11 May 2023
  • The Keystone state has 19 electoral college votes, the most of any of the top seven swing states.
    — Callie Patteson, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Sep. 2024
  • At no point had either of them come to the swing state to discuss the Mideast conflict with voters.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Joe Biden right now is down seven points in the four swing states that will decide the next election.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The case’s outcome has the potential to alter the politics of the swing state.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Click here to learn about the lawsuits in the seven swing states that could shape the Biden-Trump rematch in November.
    — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
  • Wisconsin, a swing state, is one of the most coveted for the 2024 election.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 June 2024
  • But he’s still locked in a dead heat with Donald Trump, according to some polls, behind in many of the key swing states.
    — ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • North Carolina is a swing state that Trump has carried in the past, but Democrats have seen as pivotal.
    — CBS News, 24 July 2024
  • Trump’s visits to Wisconsin and Michigan mark his second trip to the swing states in just a month.
    — Adriana Gomez Licon, Fortune, 1 May 2024
  • The poll showed Trump leading Biden in five of six swing states just a year from the presidential election.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 25 Nov. 2023
  • That was also true of recent Marist polls in the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 May 2024
  • Arizona is one of the nation’s newest swing states — and one of the most competitive.
    — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
  • For one, Michigan is an important swing state that is likely to be very close.
    — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Polls in swing states have come back with similar results.
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The Philadelphia area county is a swing area in one of the nation’s crucial swing states.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
  • Arizona, a swing state in the Nov. 5 presidential election, doesn't just hold the electoral ticket to Biden’s seat to the White House.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • As the highly popular governor of a must-win swing state, Shapiro appeared at the time to be the likely choice.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Biden's 'bloodbath' at the border is seeping into the swing state suburbs.
    — Fox News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Biden would win the popular vote by one point and claim at least two swing states: Nevada and Michigan, according to the poll.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Exit polling in last year's midterms showed the issue was important in swing states like Michigan.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • That means to win the presidency, Harris and Trump need to pick up as many swing states as possible.
    — Andrew Prokop, Vox, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Recent surveys have shown close races in swing states, often with Trump having an edge.
    — Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • The margin of error for the swing state voters was plus or minus 6 percentage points.
    — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 26 June 2023
  • Michigan is one of several swing states that could help decide the election.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2024
  • But swing states like Georgia and Pennsylvania took days to sort out in 2020, and experts expect a longer wait this year.
    — Adam Tamburin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Election Day has been well anticipated and voters in swing state Michigan know their vote could help determine the national result.
    — Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024

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