The 2020 general election could ultimately boil down to just four states, making it the narrowest electoral map for a presidential contest in recent memory, The Washington Post reports.
"Because of the partisanship of the country and the partisanship of the president, we are now looking at the smallest map in modern political history," Jim Messina, the campaign manager for former President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, said.
You can probably guess at least a few of the states — all of which President Trump snagged by a percentage point or less in the 2016 election. They are Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Many analysts reportedly consider Wisconsin, in particular, to be the single state upon which the election could turn.
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The Post points out that part of the reason the terrain has narrowed so much is that Trump has done little to expand his base, while it's unclear if states like Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina are really ready to shift from red to blue. If that's not the case, and Trump doesn't flip any blue states, the election's fate will reside in Florida and the Great Lakes Region. The Post reports that if the Democrats win Florida, the party may need only to secure one of the other three states to turn the tide. Read more at The Washington Post.
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