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The Swing Issue That Could Win a Swing State

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Three Rust Belt swing states are critical to winning the presidency this year โ€” Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, there is one issue that could be decisive: fracking natural gas.

Opposition to fracking could be fatal for a candidate in the state, yet front-runners for the Democratic nomination have committed to banning fracking nationwide if elected. We went to western Pennsylvania, where fracking affects residents daily, to see whether electability in the state could really be reduced to this single issue.

Guests: Shane Goldmacher, a national political reporter for The New York Times, traveled to Pennsylvania with Andy Mills and Monika Evstatieva, producers for โ€œThe Daily.โ€ For more information on todayโ€™s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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