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The Presidential Race Could Come Down to the ‘Blue Wall’ After All

Polls are closing in one of the most unpredictable elections in modern U.S. political history.

Donald Trump in Tempe, Ariz
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The presidential race might come down to three states: Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Better-than-expected support for Donald Trump in deep red rural areas has pushed the GOP presidential nominee to a strong position in Georgia and North Carolina, two states Joe Biden won in 2020 but weren’t considered Kamala Harris’ strongest battleground targets.

That would leave Harris’ best path to 270 electoral votes in the Midwest trio of swing states, which were the focus of some of the heaviest campaigning from both candidates for months. Only small portions of the vote totals had been tabulated in each state.