The Political Anxiety-Inducing Phenomenon of Swing States

Nevada is the final piece of the puzzle of the 2020 U.S. election, and it looks like it's taking it time to complete. 

Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Nevada are the five states that determined this year's election.

Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are historically red leaning states. This is the first election that Texas and Georgia have been swing states since the 1970 election.

The most fear inspiring state in the 2020 election is Nevada. This year’s make or break state is not one of the traditional swing states – Ohio, Illinois or Florida. The reason this induced fear is that Nevada took a stupidly long time to process votes. 

Why? Because Nevada just be like that. Honestly. Voting officials gave no reason for the delay.

This year's election has received the highest turnout of voters in U.S. history, with a projected record breaking 159.8 million voters turning out. Since Biden won Nevada, he was able to claim the presidency. 

Watching the polls and the data is more than stressful. If you aren’t heavily invested in this election, then you were probably doing yourself a favor by not refreshing the page every hour and just waiting to see the final results come in. 

Alexander Nesmith is a Junior

Communication Major from

Calhoun, Georgia