A little more than a year ago, the Meet the Press team identified five counties to watch as part of an effort called County to County. The goal was to use those counties to explore larger trends in the electorate to get a feel for how different kinds of voters were reacting during the 2020 campaign.
With the votes in, it’s time to look into those five counties and how they explain the election. They turned out to be excellent barometers for the areas important to understand. CONTINUED
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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