WASHINGTON (AP) - Maricopa County, Arizona, has become the nation's ultimate swing county - a place that could determine whether Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump will be the next president and which party controls the U.S. Senate.
What to know about the Arizona swing county that could decide who wins the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maricopa County, Arizona, has become the nation's ultimate swing county - a place that could determine whether Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump will be the next president and which party controls the U.S. Senate.
The county is so closely divided politically that it can take more than a week to learn who won it. This year, election officials warn it could be as long as 13 days to tabulate all of the ballots in Maricopa.
The drawn-out count has made Maricopa County - home to Phoenix and dozens of other communities - a center of election conspiracy theories.
But the reason it takes so long is simple. Here are some things to know about this consequential battleground: