The outcome of the U.S. presidential election may come down to tens of thousands of voters in just a handful of swing states. Though conventional wisdom holds that U.S. foreign policy doesn’t have much of an influence on elections, global issues may play an important role in key districts this year. We’ve reported on these trends in our Postcards From the Wedge series. Check out the first four entries below.
Arizona: Maricopa County, the fourth-largest in the country, is bracing for election deniers and foreign interference, FP’s Rishi Iyengar writes.
The outcome of the U.S. presidential election may come down to tens of thousands of voters in just a handful of swing states. Though conventional wisdom holds that U.S. foreign policy doesn’t have much of an influence on elections, global issues may play an important role in key districts this year. We’ve reported on these trends in our Postcards From the Wedge series. Check out the first four entries below.
Arizona: Maricopa County, the fourth-largest in the country, is bracing for election deniers and foreign interference, FP’s Rishi Iyengar writes.
Georgia: Concerns about Chinese influence and xenophobia loom large in a state where Asian Americans mobilized in 2020, FP’s Christina Lu writes.
Wisconsin: Two visions of trade and economic policy have played out in a key county in the manufacturing-heavy state, FP’s Megan Dubois writes.
Pennsylvania: In the largest swing state, Ukraine is on the ballot for voters of Central and Eastern European descent, Adrian Karatnycky writes.
Read the rest of the series here.
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