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Drawing from our reporters with residency or roots in or around the nation’s biggest battlegrounds, @politico profiled the 8 key states where the presidential election will be decided

AZ, FL, GA, MI, MN, NC, PA & WI

Take a tour below 👇

2) Arizona

There’s a reason Biden has spent more on TV in the Phoenix media market than in any other in the nation

The once-crimson state is changing fast

And there’s a Senate seat in play

via @lbarronlopez

politi.co/381LAdj

2) Florida

Republicans are relying on their numerous high-propensity voters to carry the day; the Democrats need a more-complicated coalition

via me

politi.co/3mBC1Ga

3) Georgia

Enormous growth, demographic change and an anti-Trump backlash in the Atlanta suburbs is driving Georgia’s newfound competitiveness

And the state has TWO Senate seats up for grabs

via @ec_schneider
politi.co/3emcnlJ

4) Michigan

Republicans spent the past four years marveling at each of the 10,704 votes that put Donald Trump over the top here in 2016, hoping he could expand his coalition. That hope is gone

And there’s a Senate seat in play

via @TimAlberta

politi.co/3mHG183

5) Minnesota

Coronavirus cases are surging. The early vote looks great for Democrats, who have swamped Trump’s ad spending in the state.
But the contest feels as if it tightened slightly in recent days.

via @davidsiders

politi.co/3mGbsj9

6) North Carolina

For a Republican incumbent, Donald Trump looks weak in NC. But the GOP believes its ground game is so superior it will protect him here.

A Senate seat is in play as well

via @michaelkruse
politi.co/37XFbzY

7) Pennsylvania

The aptly named Keystone State is the most closely contested, and anxiety is high amid GOP efforts to restrict mail-in voting and deploy a legion of poll watchers thar many fear would lead to voter intimidation

via @hollyotterbein

politi.co/2HSmfYu

8) Wisconsin

Trump is battling the headwinds of covid and Democratic enthusiasm to get him out of office

But don’t count him out here

via @natashakorecki
politi.co/35OAeqg

9) thanks to @PoliticoCharlie for once again wrapping this together, the third time we’ve done this in 2020

politi.co/35SXzHD