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5. Totally Agree to Some Extent
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 03:24 PM
Jun 2019

Probably explains why Toomey beat McGinty; same deal she's just like Hillary. The real loss in 2016 was up in the Scranton area. Maybe a push by Biden with Hillary would have brought some more votes in 2016.

The number of Democratic candidate votes in the suburban counties outside Philly was ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING! Chester County sending a Dem to Congress should set off every fire alarm in a Republican's election campaign. If Trump does as poorly in the counties bordering Philadelphia County as the last Congressional and Gubernatorial election then he's toast. Those border counties are long-time old money Republican strongholds. I don't think they like the emphasis on social issues (abortion) that many other Republican dominated counties in Pennsylvania do.

You want to know who's going to win in PA in 2020? Then look in two areas. Are Dems in the Scranton area defecting to Trump? Are the Philadelphia border counties strongly supporting Trump? If both answers are no then the Democratic candidate caries the state IMHO.

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