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Trump gains as disgruntled Pennsylvania Democrats switch parties
Naples News - Tribune ^ | April 24, 2016 | Lisa Mascaro

Posted on 04/24/2016 7:40:34 PM PDT by bobsunshine

A retired middle school principal was so moved by Donald Trump that he switched his Democratic Party registration so he can vote for him in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary.

So did the daughter of a steelworker, who twice voted for President Barack Obama but says she is “over” the Democrats’ political correctness.

And a husband-wife team of Trump volunteers — she’s a laid-off airport worker, he’s a laid-off truck driver — were Democrats for 30 years, until recently.

“We always voted Democrat,” said Laurie McGinnis, as her husband, Ricky, hung a Trump banner outside their South Greensburg home. “But not any more.”

Some of these newly minted Pennsylvania Republicans are formalizing a process that began with Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980, when conservative-leaning Democrats began shifting away from the party in the faded industrial state.

Others moved abruptly, inspired by Trump and fed up with a party they say no longer speaks their language.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2016election; democrats; elections; pa; pennsylvania; trump
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To: Albion Wilde

Look at those eyes!

Not one in a thousand (straight) men could resist eyes like that.


41 posted on 04/25/2016 1:31:26 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: bobsunshine

Any gun owning Democrat who is lucid should be running to the polls to support Trump over Hillary.


42 posted on 04/25/2016 1:33:12 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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