American presidential elections are carried out at the state level, and in almost all the states the winner in that state takes all of the state’s electors (which are people, but you can think of them as points needed to win the overall election).
What the media and political junkies call a “battleground” or “swing” state are the states which are traditionally very close races or otherwise polling closely going into the election, making them hard to predict the outcome based on statistics.
It’s entirely possible for Trump to win in Oregon or for Biden to win in Kentucky, but when you look at past and present statistics it’s not very likely to happen either way.
American presidential elections are carried out at the state level, and in almost all the states the winner in that state takes all of the state’s electors (which are people, but you can think of them as points needed to win the overall election).
What the media and political junkies call a “battleground” or “swing” state are the states which are traditionally very close races or otherwise polling closely going into the election, making them hard to predict the outcome based on statistics.
It’s entirely possible for Trump to win in Oregon or for Biden to win in Kentucky, but when you look at past and present statistics it’s not very likely to happen either way.