Posted on 11/06/2016 7:04:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Eva Resnick-Day had seen Hillary Clinton campaigning before. At a political event in March, the environmental activist had a sharp, if brief, exchange with the Democratic presidential nominee over campaign support from the fossil-fuel industry.
But when Ms. Clinton held a rally at Heinz Field on Friday Ms. Resnick-Day was there as a supporter. “The window to act on climate change is so narrow,” she said.
And unlike Republican Donald Trump, Ms. Clinton hasn’t dismissed climate change as a hoax. “Having a climate-change denier as president is unacceptable,” Ms. Resnick-Day said.
Activists like Ms. Resnick-Day, along with black voters and other key constituencies, are both the promise and peril for Democratic hopes of winning Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Many attending Friday’s event were excited by her extensive resume, and by the chance to elect the first female president. But while she has consistently led in polls here, her lead has narrowed to the low-to-mid single digits, and for some Democratic-leaning voters, Ms. Clinton is not an ideal candidate.
By contrast, if her constituency is broad, Mr. Trump’s is deep. The Republican’s support is heavily drawn from white voters lacking college degrees, but his rallies are larger and more energetic than Ms. Clinton’s. Not all that energy is positive, and his policy prescriptions are typically vague. But his criticism of the political and economic status quo has captivated many white working-class voters.
Jim Burn, a former state Democratic Party chair, predicted that for a Republican, “Trump will have a historically successful day in western Pennsylvania. … There are a lot of disaffected folks making a statement.”(continued)
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I live in North Central CT, think I-91 corridor. Based on the lawn signs you wouldn’t really know Hillary was running. I have counted maybe a half dozen Hillary sings and easily 50+ Trump signs.
I live in North Central CT, think I-91 corridor. Based on the lawn signs you wouldn’t really know Hillary was running. I have counted maybe a half dozen Hillary sings and easily 50+ Trump signs.
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