Unemployment in Most US Swing States Is Below Pre-Covid Levels
- Pennsylvania, Arizona rates more than 1% below Trump era
- Nevada is only battleground state where jobless rate is up
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Unemployment is below pre-pandemic levels in most of the swing states that will likely decide next month’s presidential election, according to a Bloomberg analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
In six of the seven battleground states, the jobless rate in the eight months through August — the last time regional numbers were announced — was lower than the average under President Donald Trump between 2017 and February 2020, when Covid hit. In Arizona and Pennsylvania, it’s improved by more than 1 percentage point.