But in another, slightly more accurate and realistic way, they absolutely aren’t. Not when swing states form such an inescapably integral part of the democratic process, anyway. Welcome to ...

Arrows display the percentage change between the 2022 vote and the 2025 vote. A red arrow represents a swing towards Labor, ...

To support his work, subscribe to the Advertiser. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: What is a swing state? Where red and blue make purple on the electoral map.

President Joe Biden’s rather surprising Georgia win in 2020 marked the first time in almost three decades that a Democratic presidential candidate carried the Southern state. Vice President ...