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Since the latter half of the 20th century, Pennsylvania has been perceived as a powerful [[swing state]], and winning Pennsylvania has since been deemed as essential to [[President of the United States|U.S. presidential candidates]]. Only thrice between [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]] and [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]] (1932, 1948, and [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]], with [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]], and [[Richard Nixon]], respectively) has a presidential candidate been able to win the White House while losing Pennsylvania. | Since the latter half of the 20th century, Pennsylvania has been perceived as a powerful [[swing state]], and winning Pennsylvania has since been deemed as essential to [[President of the United States|U.S. presidential candidates]]. Only thrice between [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]] and [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]] (1932, 1948, and [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]], with [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]], and [[Richard Nixon]], respectively) has a presidential candidate been able to win the White House while losing Pennsylvania. | ||
Between 1992 and 2016, Pennsylvania trended | Between 1992 and 2016, Pennsylvania trended Democratic in presidential elections; [[Bill Clinton]] won the state twice by large margins and [[Al Gore]] won it by a slightly closer margin in 2000. In the 2004 presidential election, [[John F. Kerry]] beat President [[George W. Bush]] in Pennsylvania, 2,938,095 (51%) to 2,793,847 (48%). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat [[Barack Obama]] defeated [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[John McCain]] in Pennsylvania, 3,276,363 (54%) to 2,655,885 (44%). | ||
In the [[2016 United States presidential election]], however, Republican [[Donald Trump]] broke the Democratic streak in the state, winning by 2,970,733 (48%) votes to 2,926,441 (47%) votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/donald-trump-becomes-st-republican-to-win-pennsylvania-since/article_9173e044-a647-11e6-885f-a35dd164ac8c.html|title=Donald Trump becomes 1st Republican to win Pennsylvania since 1988|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=LancasterOnline|access-date=November 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112051813/http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/donald-trump-becomes-st-republican-to-win-pennsylvania-since/article_9173e044-a647-11e6-885f-a35dd164ac8c.html|archive-date=November 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The state returned to the Democratic column in [[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]] by voting for [[Joe Biden]] over Trump, 3,458,229 (50%) to 3,377,674 (49%). The state holds 19 [[United States Electoral College|electoral]] votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of State Electoral Votes For The 2024 Election |url=https://state.1keydata.com/state-electoral-votes.php |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=state.1keydata.com}}</ref> | In the [[2016 United States presidential election]], however, Republican [[Donald Trump]] broke the Democratic streak in the state, winning by 2,970,733 (48%) votes to 2,926,441 (47%) votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/donald-trump-becomes-st-republican-to-win-pennsylvania-since/article_9173e044-a647-11e6-885f-a35dd164ac8c.html|title=Donald Trump becomes 1st Republican to win Pennsylvania since 1988|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=LancasterOnline|access-date=November 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112051813/http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/donald-trump-becomes-st-republican-to-win-pennsylvania-since/article_9173e044-a647-11e6-885f-a35dd164ac8c.html|archive-date=November 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The state returned to the Democratic column in [[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]] by voting for [[Joe Biden]] over Trump, 3,458,229 (50%) to 3,377,674 (49%). The state holds 19 [[United States Electoral College|electoral]] votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of State Electoral Votes For The 2024 Election |url=https://state.1keydata.com/state-electoral-votes.php |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=state.1keydata.com}}</ref> |
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