U.S with U.K Party System

[Filuwaúrdjan]

O.K I'll do PA next (BTRD's Minnesota is very good, BTW. When I get round to sticking this all up on a website it'll only need a couple of changes and a bit more detail in rural areas. Stuff on the Twin Cities and Southern MN is very, very good) but I'm not sure whether to start in the SE or SW of the state.

[Jake]

O.K I'll do PA next (BTRD's Minnesota is very good, BTW. When I get round to sticking this all up on a website it'll only need a couple of changes and a bit more detail in rural areas. Stuff on the Twin Cities and Southern MN is very, very good) but I'm not sure whether to start in the SE or SW of the state.

Thank you Al

[Colin]

O.K I'll do PA next (BTRD's Minnesota is very good, BTW. When I get round to sticking this all up on a website it'll only need a couple of changes and a bit more detail in rural areas. Stuff on the Twin Cities and Southern MN is very, very good) but I'm not sure whether to start in the SE or SW of the state.

Southeast Al. There is more political diversity in the Southeast. If you do the Southwest/Philly area and all you'll have will be mostly Labour areas with some pockets of Lib Dem support.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

O.K... I'm going to start with Philly (which could take a while...) then do the 4 Inner/Middle suburban counties. I'm not sure after that whether to do the exurban counties or the Lehigh Valley but that's a while off yet.

PA will probably be one of the most detailed I do 'cos all the different areas are pretty diverse.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Most of Philadelphia is dominated by either (mostly Catholic) ethnic working class voters (North East, South etc) or Blacks (North, West etc). Both groups would vote Labour by predictibly large margins in national elections, although in local elections, a lot of independents would get elected.
The small enclaves of affluent whites would usually vote LibDem as a reaction against the two larger groups.