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The Deciders
Everyone’svoteisimportant,butthankstotheElectoralCollege,somevotesin
Americamattermorethanothers.Inelectionyearspast,weoftenheardabouta key
blocthatcandidatesneededtowinover—thinksoccermomsinthe1990sandNascar
dadsinthe2000s.Now,inanincreasinglydiverse(yetpolarized)countrythat’s
sloggingthroughbotha pandemicandaneconomiccrisis,whosevotesdoDonald
Trump and Joe Bidenneedmost?Pollstersandanalystspointtonine groups of voters
who will likely determine the outcome of 2020.
CORONAVOTERS → 43
MINORITY MOLD-BREAKERS → 50
RACIAL JUSTICE VOTERS → 46
FLORIDA’S NEWLY ENFRANCHISED → 40
SWINGING SENIORS → 49 HURRICANE MARIA REFUGEES → 52
DOUBLE HATERS → 44
SHY TRUMPERS → 42
TIRED TRUMPERS → 48
- PEOPLE
PHOTOGRAPHS
BY
TRISTAN
WHEELOCK
(FLORIDA),
EVE
EDELHEIT
(SHY
TRUMPERS,
HURRICANE
MARIA),
JOHNATHON
KELSO
(CORONAVOTERS),
GUARIONEX
RODRIGUEZ
JR.
(DOUBLE
HATERS),
HANNAH YOON (RACIAL JUSTICE), ANDREW SPEAR (TIRED TRUMPERS), KENNEDI CARTER (SWINGING SENIORS), ELIZABETH WEINBERG (MOLD-BREAKERS). ALL FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK
ELECTION 2020