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BumRushDaShow

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12. PA has voted for a Dem president since 1988

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 06:42 AM

Mar 2012

Don't believe the media hype. This state knows that full Philadelphia turnout (including rim county metro Philly) makes the difference which is why all the efforts at voter suppression going on right now here in the state with Jim Crow Voter ID bills.

It's ironic that PA has similar state voting patterns to NJ (back and forth with Dem/Rethug governors & legislatures) yet no one ever called NJ a "swing state". Hell, NJ voted for Ford (1976) & Shrub Sr. (1992) when PA went for Carter (1976) & Clinton (1992). There were > 1,000,000 more registered Dems after 2006/2008 then rethugs here. The main issue is off-year election turnout.

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PA has voted for a Dem president since 1988 BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #12