Poll of the Day > Surprised PA is forecasted as a blue state 2020

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They voted for trump 2016. I know biden is from PA but he left when he was 10.

He won by about .7% I recall it being quite a surprise election night.

Given how incredibly poorly Trump has performed as president it would be stranger if he was projected to win it for no reason other than winning it previously.

Yeah a lot of the places he won last time, he won by incredibly small margins. Doesn't mean he can't win them again.

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blu posted...

They voted for trump 2016. I know biden is from PA but he left when he was 10.

and trump has never lived there

you really think folks head out to vote with He was born here! in their head?

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Mead posted...

you really think folks head out to vote with He was born here! in their head?

Often, yes. In most elections, candidates almost always win their home states, and it's why it kind of becomes a point of mockery when they don't.

"If the people who know him best won't even vote for him, why should anyone else?"
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If they vote for Trump again, he SWEARS hell bring mining jobs back. For real this time.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Often, yes. In most elections, candidates almost always win their home states, and it's why it kind of becomes a point of mockery when they don't.

"If the people who know him best won't even vote for him, why should anyone else?"

That kind of falls apart when the person in question hasn't lived in the state in question for several decades, though. One's "home state" is typically the state where one has spent most of one's career, since they are indeed in a better position to know the person and what to expect from their politics.