These ‘bellwether’ counties could determine next president

Now that Election Day is finally here, there are a few counties that experts are closely watching as their results could indicate who the next president will be.

Known as "bellwether counties," these swing counties have, with some exceptions, consistently sided with the winning candidate for decades.

Matthew Bergbower, a political science professor at Indiana State University, described a bellwether county as a "microcosm of the nation" in terms of political preferences.

Though his county...