The Forgotten Counties Will Make Their Voices Heard

Townhall.com ^ | September 15, 2020 | Salena Zito

[USS Alaska]

My neighbor voted for 'her' in 2016 but he told me that both he and his working wife are voting Trump in 2020.

On my road, which is a one mile circle with about a 100 homes the sign count is now 16-1, Trump over sleepy joe, and one sign rooting for the "End of the world" via meteor.

[mewzilla]

Jack Murtha was a sleazeball.

[ought-six]

“On my road, which is a one mile circle with about a 100 homes the sign count is now 16-1, Trump over sleepy joe, and one sign rooting for the “End of the world” via meteor.”

I like the one’s sense of humor!

[Deplorable American1776]

Great article... Thanks for posting.

[Big Red Badger]

Giant Meteor.
Yup,
Heard that before.

[cjshapi]

I’ve had to drive through Cambria county four times in the past four weeks. Each time the number of Trump signs has increased. And they’re not just in front of residential homes, they displayed loudly and proudly at businesses too. Have not seen one Biden sign in that area.

Sadly, the idiots in Murrysville, in Westmoreland County, seem to be Biden voters. There are Trump signs but not nearly as many. The good news is that most of the rest of Westmoreland is strongly Trump territory, so he should easily win that county.

[Lisbon1940]

There was a flood there even before climate change.

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[ManHunter]

Actually, three of them...

[Lurker]

We stopped at a bar yesterday on the way home from the gun club. As we were sipping our ice cold beers we struck up a conversation with a nice lady next to us. The video of those deputies being shot was playing and she said “What kind of a savage does something like that.”

“A Democrat.” I replied. Mrs L did the “here he goes again” eye roll.

The guy next to her busted up laughing for a moment. The lady got a real serious look on her face.

“Four years ago I hated Trump. I wanted him impeached and removed. But then this shit started. Now I can’t wait to vote for him.”

I just smiled and took another sip of my beer. PBR, on draught.

L

[BikerJoe]

Sadly, the idiots in Murrysville, in Westmoreland County, seem to be Biden voters. There are Trump signs but not nearly as many. The good news is that most of the rest of Westmoreland is strongly Trump territory, so he should easily win that county.

I told the Trump campaign that, although we love having them visit us in Westmoreland County, go someplace where they can make a difference. This county's a lock!

OTOH, the rallies here do make great photo ops for them. The campaign theory is that since our county actually put them over in 2016, with a little extra effort they could get 20 or 30 thousand more votes this year to help counter any shenanigans.

In most of Westmoreland County, at this point, you'd have to move two Trump signs apart to make room for a new one.

[bert]

——This county’s a lock!——

There is the distinct possibility that Trump values his life and the secret services can defend in your county and perhaps can not in a county where everybody including law enforcement is openly hostile

All of America is simply not America any more

[ConservativeInPA]

For the first time anyone can remember, Cambria County is no longer dominated by Democratic voter registrations. It lost that dominance quietly on Labor Day weekend when Pennsylvania Department of State registration numbers showed Republicans having 37,951 registrations and Democrats holding 37,826.

Wow. I didn't realize that. I don't know if anyone recalls John Murtha (D) from Johnstown. He was the US Congressman out that way for what seemed like forever. He won election after election for decades until he died. Cambria County used to be a Rat strong hold and it never made any sense to me other than Murtha bringing home the bacon. The surrounding congressional districts were strong Republican and Murtha's old district stuck out like a sore thumb.

It also seems some in-roads are being make in Lackawana County, also a long-time Rat strong hold. Trump held a rally there at the start of the Rat convention in August. It has to be in play.

[EEGator]

Around my way is a very vital piece of PA.
Chester County, DelCo, and Bucks County.
They could give us, or cost us, the state.

[gogeo]

Miller did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016; he didn't vote for Hillary Clinton either. He is a retired insurance manager and does not like what he sees coming from the party he has been a part of his adult life. "I just get tired of the game playing that the Democrats are doing," he says. "Everything's just so disgusting today. Something has to change. Well, something's going to change."

The triumph of reality over branding.

[lightman]

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

[DoodleBob]

PBR, on draught.

[DoodleBob]

This expansive and well-written article on the PA results after the 2016 election is a must-read for people who want to "get" PA.

Pennsylvania was won by about 40k votes. This was not a "slam dunk" and things were not as crystal clear as people thought. Those of us who've lived or live in PA know it's not like lopsided like Oklahoma or Massachusetts.

[USS Alaska]

“Four years ago I hated Trump. I wanted him impeached and removed. But then this shit started. Now I can’t wait to vote for him.”

And we all know she ain't alone:)