"swing state" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-swing state.ogg [Australia] Forms: swing states [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} swing state (plural swing states)
  1. (US politics) A state which may vote Democratic or Republican, in a given election or generally. Tags: US Categories (topical): US politics Synonyms: battleground state, purple state Related terms: swing voter, blue state, green state, red state Translations (a state which may vote Democratic or Republican): 搖擺州 (Chinese Mandarin), 摇摆州 (yáobǎizhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), svingstat [common-gender] (Danish), vaa’ankieliosavaltio (Finnish), État-charnière [masculine] (French), Swing State [masculine] (German), מדינה מתנדנדת (m'diná mitnadnédet) [feminine] (Hebrew), billegő/kétesélyes/bizonytalan/ingadozó állam (Hungarian), csatatérállam (Hungarian), hintaállam (Hungarian), vippestat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vippestat [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), estado pendular [masculine] (Spanish), estado bisagra [masculine] (Spanish), vågmästarstat [common-gender] (Swedish), tiểu bang dao động [US] (Vietnamese), bang dao động [Vietnam] (Vietnamese), tiểu bang chiến trường [US] (Vietnamese), bang chiến trường [Vietnam] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-swing_state-en-noun--0abEp-r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

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      "sense": "a state which may vote Democratic or Republican",
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