Bev Purdue

When it comes to the presidential election, battleground states matter more

Global Politics

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, are spending the majority of their time in a handful of battleground states — states where the polls say the two are so close that another rally or two could provide enough swing to move a state, and possibly the election, from one candidate to another.

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