The Associated Press has identified 106 swing-voting communities in the nine states where President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are competing hardest. Voters in these counties, and cities in the case of Virginia, picked President George W. Bush in 2004 and Obama in 2008, and these places could again be pivotal this year.
Colorado:
Alamosa
Arapahoe
Huerfano
Jefferson
Larimer
Ouray
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Florida:
Flagler
Hillsborough
Osceola
Pinellas
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Iowa:
Adams
Allamakee
Audubon
Bremer
Carroll
Cedar
Crawford
Delaware
Emmett
Franklin
Greene
Hamilton
Hardin
Iowa
Kossuth
Louisa
Marshall
Palo Alto
Union
Warren
Winnebago
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Nevada:
Washoe
Carson City
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New Hampshire:
Belknap
Carroll
Hillsborough
Rockingham
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North Carolina:
Bladen
Buncombe
Caswell
Cumberland
Forsyth
Granville
Hyde
Jackson
Martin
Pitt
Wake
Watauga
Wilson
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Ohio:
Hamilton
Lake
Ottawa
Sandusky
Tuscarawas
Wood
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Virginia:
Buckingham
Caroline
Essex
Henrico
King and Queen
Loudoun
Montgomery
Prince William
Westmoreland
(Cities)
Chesapeake
Harrisonburg
Hopewell
Manassas
Manassas Park
Radford
Staunton
Suffolk
Winchester
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Wisconsin:
Barron
Brown
Burnett
Calumet
Chippewa
Clark
Columbia
Door
Forest
Jefferson
Juneau
Kewaunee
Langlade
Lincoln
Manitowoc
Marathon
Marinette
Marquette
Monroe
Oconto
Oneida
Outagamie
Racine
Richland
Rusk
Sawyer
Shawano
Washburn
Waupaca
Waushara
Winnebago
Wood
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Source: Associated Press