[ChessExpert]

Trump did very well in some Counties, and Toomey did very well in other counties. While Toomey and Trump appealed to some of the same people, each had appeal to different groups. If Republicans could appeal to all these people, they could regularly coast to victory in PA and elsewhere.

[nhwingut]

Trump won his way while having entire party against him. Toomey won by being a squish against a weak candidate. He also had the power of incumbency and local connections. This strategy is a losing one nationally.

[dirtboy]

This election showed that it’s possible for Republicans to narrowly win tough states like Pennsylvania with either the Toomey approach or the Trump approach. If the party can determine how to combine the two methods, then Pennsylvania and several other states could become reliably red.

Completely different situations, and this is coming from someone whose political ancestry runs through Chester County. My great-grandfather was a county commissioner there, and my grandmother was an unbound GOP delegate to the 1976 convention. The county is full of Rockefeller/Bush/Romney Republicans. Whereas Trump won PA by pulling in Reagan Democrats who think little of down-state country-club Republicans.

[kingu]

Pat Toomey’s reelection helped secure a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate for at least another two years.

Please, 4 years. 2018 is not the year for liberals to retake the senate. It is even possible they'll lose seats even before the election by one changing sides.

[SMGFan]

plenty of potential GOP voters do not see the big picture. Low info voters?

[airborne]

Very informative!

I always think of York as the city, forgetting it is a large county.

And I had no idea how large a Republican base there was there.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I voted for Toomey & Dent because their opponents were much worse. However, I lost all respect for them. When we went to see Mike Pence at the Hotel Bethlehem, Toomey & Dent didn’t show up. When we saw Ivanka in Bethlehem, they didn’t show up for that either. Hopefully, both of them will be primaried the next time around. I live in Northampton County, & our county went to Trump.

[jz638]

If the republican party leadership in Philadelphia weren’t paid off with patronage municipal positions and actually worked to grow the party and combat voter fraud by simply being present in city elections, Pennsylvania wouldn’t be nearly as purple as it has been.

[Red in Blue PA]

I despise Toomey because of his gun grab but voted for him anyway, as I saw the bigger picture. SCOTUS etc.

[Nextrush]

Toomey didn’t get my vote, Trump did.

Toomey never will because of his repeated caves on the Second Amendment.

He played the notion of ‘security’ to voters as one of his issues.

Violating the Constitution is not my definition of ‘security’.

[VRWC For Truth]

Slow Joe was Mr Octopi on McGinty like Klintoon on an intern. Held my nose and voted for gun grabber Toomee ..Toomee is toast in 6 years ...