http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-battleground-states-224025 The 11 states that will determine the 2016 election
Trump vs. Clinton may be an unusual matchup, but their coming battle will be fought on familiar terrain.
By Steven Shepard
06/08/16 04:04 AM EDT
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump bring unique strengths and weaknesses to their general-election clash. But after months of polling, the Electoral College landscape on which they will compete largely mirrors the one that has determined the presidency in the past four cycles.
POLITICO's analysis of polling data suggests 11 states will determine the next president: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. All were battleground states in the previous two elections. But that doesn’t mean the map is constant: As the states’ demographics change, and the parties’ relative appeal among various groups transform, some states move toward one party or the other over the long term.
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