Pennsylvania

[Democratic Hawk]

When CNN called Pennsylvania for Kerry after 63% of the precincts had reported, Kerry was leading Bush 57-43.

By the time, 100% had reported the result was Kerry 51- Bush 49. How?

Dave

[ATFFL]

The Republican strongholds had not yet reported.  Philadelphia was in very early with their numbers, inflating Kerry.

[Democratic Hawk]

The Republican strongholds had not yet reported.  Philadelphia was in very early with their numbers, inflating Kerry.

The Pennsylvania interior must be massively Republican.

Dave

[bullmoose88]

It is.

[Sam Spade]

The Pennsylvania interior is sort of like Alabama if you removed all the black people.

[Ben.]

The Pennsylvania interior is sort of like Alabama if you removed all the black people.

Quoting James Carville I see

[effects deep Cajun twang] “Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh in the West, Philadelphia in the East and Alabama in the Middle” 

[J. J.]

And there aren't that many Black people to remove from the "T" region.  The bulk of the African American population is in Phila, with a sizable minority in Pittsburgh.

[Giant Saguaro]

PA to me is a little like MO. You have two cities on both sides of the state that are Dem strongholds and for the most part what is in between is GOP. Now there's a difference somewhere because MO usually goes GOP and PA Dem, and it might be that the cities and surrounding areas in PA are more quite a bit more solidly Dem than the cities in MO and especially the surrounding areas. But that's a "guesstimation" on my part.

[Sam Spade]

The Philly suburbs are more Dem than say the St. Louis suburbs.

I'm sure that's what makes the difference.

[DFLofMN]

The Pennsylvania interior is sort of like Alabama if you removed all the black people.

Quoting James Carville I see

[effects deep Cajun twang] “Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh in the West, Philadelphia in the East and Alabama in the Middle”

I have to agree with that after living in the interior, you have Phila and burbs, more like New England, Appalachia in the middle, and the Rust Belt in the West

[NHPolitico]

We gained two full points from 2000-- and that was with Iraq around Bush's neck. I feel good about 2008.

[elcorazon]

And there aren't that many Black people to remove from the "T" region.  The bulk of the African American population is in Phila, with a sizable minority in Pittsburgh.

I think he meant if you remove all the blacks from Alabama (meaning it's more Republican than Alabama).