I covered small-county politics for a newspaper in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, for 2 years in the early 1990s.
There are a couple of things I learned about Pennsylvania voters, as a result...
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are heavily Democrat, so heavily, in fact, that the Dems. hold a 500,000 registration edge in the state.
The "T-Zone" is the strip down the center of the state, roughly between the Allegheny Plateau in the West and Reading/Lancaster in the East, and across the top of the state about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh.
The T-Zone is HEAVILY Republican. It's rural, its hunting area, it's good, solid, working people who although many are in unions, still vote Republican.
The T-Zone normally has absolutely horrible voter turn out. During one state-wide election in the early 90s, Mifflin County had slightly over 20% of registered voters come out.
If there is an election issue that can polarize the T-Zone, but a similar election issue lacking for the Democrats, the Republicans will normally carry the state. A good case in point is the 1984 election, which was a referendum on Reagan. The T-Zone came out enmasse, the too many Democrats stayed home, and Pennsylvania swung to Reagan.
Unfortunatly, this election had galvanizing issues for BOTH candidates, and that's the difference in Pennsylvania.
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