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Amishman

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5. PA's issue is part direct gerrymandering, and part huge geographic disadvantage

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 07:33 AM

Sep 2020

Outside of the city cores (which are pure blue), the state is purple to mostly red. The concentration of the majority of our base in a very small area would hurt us badly in PA even with a impartially drawn map.

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PA Democrats need to win nine seats to flip the State House and we have a 16-seat battlefield. [View all] RandySF Sep 2020 OP

Good luck with the way we are gerrymandered. gab13by13 Sep 2020 #1

PA's issue is part direct gerrymandering, and part huge geographic disadvantage Amishman Sep 2020 #5

This state is a mess... Freedomofspeech Sep 2020 #2

I'm hearing toomey TEB Sep 2020 #3

Oh... Freedomofspeech Sep 2020 #4

I have been very disappointed in Wolf.. PaDemocrat Sep 2020 #11

I hate what they have done with the turnpike... Freedomofspeech Sep 2020 #12

Once EZ Pass became available, it was inevitable the toll takers DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #16

Next up Big John Fetterman Cosmocat Sep 2020 #13

He's already said he plans to run for Senate DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #15

ah ... Cosmocat Sep 2020 #17

Kicked for visibility RandySF Sep 2020 #6

The state house districts are pretty gerry-mandered, DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #7

I do know that HD152 and HD160 are already predicted to flip in November. RandySF Sep 2020 #8

These are suburban Phila districts DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #9

And that may have left them vulnerable to population shifts. RandySF Sep 2020 #10

That's true DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #14

I am also skeptical, we had a huge energy disparity in 2018 in our favor Amishman Sep 2020 #18