A guide to the swing states.

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• New Hampshire Can the Democrats finally swing it this year?
  Julia Turner Oct. 29, 2004
  
• Wisconsin The blue state Kerry could easily lose.
  Julia Turner Oct. 27, 2004
  
• Iowa Kerry won the Democratic nomination in Iowa. Will he win the presidency here, too?
  Andy Bowers Oct. 25, 2004
  
• Colorado How Kerry could win it and still lose it, or lose it and still win it.
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 22, 2004
  
• Nevada Can Kerry beat the odds?
  Seth Stevenson Oct. 20, 2004
  
• Minnesota The only state to oppose Reagan flirts with conservatism.
  Andy Bowers Oct. 18, 2004
  
• Delaware It's up for grabs, and no one cares.
  Josh Levin Oct. 15, 2004
  
• Pennsylvania Is Kerry going to blow it here, too?
  Bill Gifford Sept. 20, 2004
  
• New Mexico Bush can beat Kerry. But can he beat Bill Richardson?
  Bryan Curtis Sept. 10, 2004
  
• Arizona Can Kerry win here without McCain?
  Bryan Curtis Aug. 27, 2004
  
• Washington It does mean a thing, though it ain't got that swing.
  Chris Suellentrop Aug. 24, 2004
  
• Maine The state that could go for Kerry and Bush.
  Julia Turner Aug. 20, 2004
  
• Oregon Is it so progressive that Kerry could lose it?
  Chris Suellentrop Aug. 19, 2004
  
• Florida 800,000 Cubans, 3 million old people, and my girlfriend's dad—the keys to victory in the Sunshine State.
  Seth Stevenson Aug. 17, 2004
  
• Ohio Re-elect Bush, and you might get Jerry Springer, too.
  Timothy Noah July 19, 2004
  
• Tennessee Kerry can't win it. But can Bush lose it?
  David Plotz July 2, 2004
  
• West Virginia Abortion-hating, gun-toting, immigrant-trashing Kerry voters.
  William Saletan June 16, 2004
  
• Missouri The Show-Me state always picks right in the presidential campaign. Will 2004 break its streak?
  Chris Suellentrop June 4, 2004