Adrienne Jones, professor of Political Science at Morehouse College, poses for a portrait outside her office on August 19, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Around 244 million Americans are eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election, but the quirks of the US electoral system mean that the winner will likely be decided by a tiny number of swing voters in seven battleground states. For the Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigns these voters hold the keys to the White House, and they are each spending hundreds of millions of dollars to secure their support. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images)