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Some states’ populations are very much like the US overall – including 5 key states in the 2024 presidential election

Written by Rogelio Sáenz, Professor of Demography, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Five of the seven states widely expected to be political battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential election have populations very much like that of the U.S. overall, in a range of demographic and socioeconomic measures.

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