1) In Philadelphia, Republicans did much better than 2000 in NE Philly (Wards 41, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63, 64, 65, 66), and in South Philadelphia (Wards 1, 26, 39)
2) Delaware and Montgomery Counties vote is almost identical and unchanged except for the higher turnout. The decay of our position in these counties has stabilized despite growing Democratic Registration tallies. This means the Democrat growth is simply RINO's becoming honest.
3) The biggest problems in the suburban counties are: Abington, Cheltenham, Lower Merion, Norristown, and Springfield in Montco, and Chester, Darby Borough, Darby Township, Haverford, Swarthmore, Upper Darby (only Upper Darby proper - Drexel Hill is still Republican), and Yeadon in Delco. Norristown and Chester are majority black slums. The other townships listed have large black and Jewish populations, lots of pro-abortion upper class women, or high concentrations of College-town white yuppie liberals. Outside of these townships, the counties still lean to the Republicans.
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What ever happended about those extra ballots found lying around before the polls opened?
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Looks like we've stabilized.
Wow - there are many wards in which Kerry has a higher percentages than Stalin and Saddam ever got...
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View from a Lawyer for Bush in NE Philly.
my hometown ~sigh~
Bookmarked, studying later!
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A lot of the Delco towns that went for Kerry -- Upper Darby and Ridley -- are big blue collar towns with heavy GOP registration but not your typical RINO.
Chester, of course, is black.
By the way, thanks for all your fine efforts. If I ever get to the City of Brotherly Love, I would be pleased to take you out to dinner.
Some consolation. From what I see, The President got more votes out of my ward than any other in the city.
I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you that Dubya received that many votes in Manayunk. Everytime I've gone there with my aunt, its been filled with Seattle-style Latte Liberals.
BTW: Are the Hispanics in Kensington largely Dominican or Puerto Rican?
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