"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.
And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
Trump needs PA as a fallback if the Dubya ‘04 states fail to materialize (VA, NM, CO, IA).
randita CA. is lost also gone to the dark side however I think Trump WILL win here!!! WE have had it with immigration and I BELIEVE he WILL WIN people who have just NOT voted because of hopelessness WILL VOTE and Trump WILL carry this state, he WILL also WIN PA.!!! HELLARY does NOT HAVE the enthusiasm I believe MANY union workers WILL vote Trump regardless of bosses telling them to vote HELLARY!!!
The problem isn’t PA’s “Little Alabama.” PA has Philly and Pitts and they overwhelm the rest of the state.
Unless Trump carries the suburbs, in all likelihood Hillary will win it.
The crucial importance of PA is underlined by the fact the Democrats are having their convention there this year.