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How Trump won Pennsylvania − and what the numbers from key counties show about the future of a pivotal swing state

  • Written by Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
imagePeople gather at McGillin's Olde Ale House in Philadelphia as election results trickle in. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania was for months considered the key swing state that would decide the 2024 election. Candidates, political parties and advocacy groups spent over US$1 billion courting the commonwealth’s small number of...

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