The opinion: What is driving the fight for the swing states in the USA on election day? | News about the 2024 US election

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US journalists shed light on issues in the 2024 elections in the battleground states that could influence the outcome of the election.

In the US election, seven contested states could result in victory for Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris. Voters in these states faced a deluge of outreach and campaign visits. We hear from a group of local journalists taking the pulse of their communities, the calculus of the voters they spoke to and the issues that matter most.

In this episode:

• Ruth Conniff (@rconniff), Editor-in-Chief, Wisconsin Examiner
• George Chidi (@neonflag), politics and democracy reporter, The Guardian
• Sophia Lo (@sophiamaylo), producer, City Cast Pittsburgh

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K Li, Sonia Bhagat, Ashish Malhotra, Khaled Soltan and Sarí el-Khalili with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Cole Van Miltenburg, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is the executive producer of The Take. Ney Alvarez is head of audio at Al Jazeera.

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