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Podcast: On the Ballot
Episode: Trump widens margin of victory in most pivot counties
Description: On this episode: Pivot Counties are the 206 counties nationwide we identified as having voted for Barack Obama (D) in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Media and political observers sometimes refer to these counties as swing counties. Ballotpedia defined Pivot Counties Trump won in 2020 as Retained Pivot Counties and those Joe Biden (D) won as Boomerang Pivot Counties.
While vote totals are still being tabulated in some states, as of November 6th 2024, there were:
169 Pivot Counties across 27 states that Trump won in 2020 and 2024
Two Pivot Counties—one ea...