Leaning Into State Trends: The Northeast and Greater South
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden carried 6 states — that were collectively worth 79 electoral votes — by a margin less than his national showing. In some ways, this made his electoral coalition less efficient than that of Barack Obama’s in 2012.— No state has been within 5 points of the national popular vote in each of the past 6 presidential elections, but Pennsylvania has come the closest, though it has taken on a slight GOP lean.— Aside from Virginia and Georgia, North Carolina, despite a persistent 6-point GOP lean in recent elections,...