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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 12:38 PM Aug 2016

Forget Swing States: The Presidential Election Will Be Determined By 20 Swing Counties In Linchpin S

http://www.nationalmemo.com/forget-swing-states-presidential-election-will-determined-20-swing-counties-linchpin-states/

Where are 2016’s deciders? In Ohio, it’s Hamilton County, home to Cincinnati. In Pennsylvania, it’s Bucks and Chester Counties, to the north and south of Philadelphia. It’s also Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties, straddling Scranton and Wilkes Barre in its western interior. In Florida, it’s Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, surrounding Tampa and St. Petersburg. In Wisconsin, it’s Brown County, where Green Bay is; nearby Winnebago County, further inland; and Racine County to the south near Chicago suburbs. In Iowa, it’s rural tiny Bremer County, and in New Hampshire, it’s Hillsborough township, inland on the Massachusetts border.

There are a few more: population epicenters such as Nevada’s Clark County, home of Las Vegas; Virginia’s Prince William County, outside Washington D.C., North Carolina’s Wake County, with Raleigh and Durham; New Mexico’s Bernalillo County, containing Albuquerque; and surprisingly, Dona Ana County near Las Cruces, which has a big state university....more
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Forget Swing States: The Presidential Election Will Be Determined By 20 Swing Counties In Linchpin S (Original Post) Skidmore Aug 2016 OP
I'm in Hillsborough County, Florida Peigan68 Aug 2016 #1
You should put out a Trump/Pence sign for a laugh ... it might draw out some Shy Trumpers OnDoutside Aug 2016 #2

Peigan68

(137 posts)
1. I'm in Hillsborough County, Florida
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 03:17 PM
Aug 2016

I live on a very Republican street. In 2008 and 2012 the neighbors had out McCain/Palin and then Romney/Ryan signs on their lawns. This year so far? Not one sign so far for Trump/Pence.

I don't know how scientific a poll that is (probably not at all), but I do find it interesting and rather telling.

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