swing state

[swing steyt]

noun

U.S. Politics.

1. a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election.

   the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.

Word History and Origins

Origin of swing state¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

There’s a strong political incentive to vote in Pennsylvania: It’s an all-important swing state, where voters wield tremendously outsize influence over the future of American politics.

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The goal is to deter election-related misinformation in a critical swing state, Cavanagh said during a Senate Elections and Ethics Committee hearing Wednesday.

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Over the past decade, Florida has shifted from swing state status to becoming the center of the Trumpist universe.

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A death penalty swing state is one in which the death penalty remains an authorized punishment, but in which executions seldom occur and death sentences are seldom handed down.

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It is made in America, in Detroit, in the swing state of Michigan.

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