tipping-point state
English
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Etymology
[edit]From tipping point + state.
Noun
[edit]tipping-point state (plural tipping-point states)
- (US, politics) In a list of states of the United States ordered by decreasing margins of victory for the winning candidate in a presidential election, the state whose votes cause the winning candidate to meet or exceed the threshold for victory when tallying the number of electoral college votes from each state.