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We went to Pennsylvania to ask voters how they’re feeling. Here’s what we learned
NPR ^ | July 30, 2024 | Obed Manuel, Steve Inskeep

Posted on 07/30/2024 5:54:10 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Who’s going to win?

Voters in a handful of battleground swing states will decide whether former President Donald Trump will return to the White House or if Democrats’ gamble of replacing President Biden with Vice President Harris as their nominee will keep him out.

A Morning Edition team visited Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs to hear from voters in Pennsylvania about how they’re feeling about the revamped race. We knocked on doors, visited local parks and attractions and even attended a family dinner.

Voter turnout here in Allegheny County was critical to Biden winning the state four years ago. More people voted than in 2016 and, even in towns that Biden lost, he still picked up support that got him across the finish line.

Pennsylvania narrowly went for Trump in 2016, breaking its run of voting for the Democratic presidential nominee since 1992. His message resonated with working-class voters here, where the coal, steel and manufacturing industries have been in decline for decades.

On our visit, we learned that plenty of enthusiasm and support for Trump remains.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: alleghenycounty; defundnpr; defundpbs; election; harris; mediawingofthednc; npr; obedmanuel; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; pbs; pennsylvania; pittsburgh; steveinskeep; trump
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Emphasis added: The debate over whether Harris was Biden’s “border czar” is significant. The Trump campaign is already working to tie her to the administration’s failed border policy, which polls show was among Biden’s biggest weaknesses.

In March 2021, President Joe Biden tapped Harris for the role of “tackling the issues driving migrants from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico.” Biden said at the time that she would be “helping to stop” the influx of illegal migrants crossing the US-Mexico border.

Biden: “I’ve asked her, the VP, today — because she’s the “most qualified” person to do it — to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help — are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border,” Biden said in 2021.

Now a Trump campaign attack ad rips ‘dangerously liberal’ Kamala Harris over the border crisis which imperils American families’ safety and security.


21 posted on 07/30/2024 7:09:41 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Weird place to visit for this. Allegheny County will consistently vote for anyone with a “D” next to his/her name. Some suburbs have Republican pockets, but no R has been elected Pittsburgh mayor since 1929.


22 posted on 07/30/2024 7:46:51 AM PDT by mak5
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

23 posted on 07/30/2024 7:58:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: abbastanza
The truth is not in these people.

They follow their father the devil, who was a murderer from the beginning. Lying speech is his (and their) native tongue.

24 posted on 07/30/2024 8:01:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: mak5
You're right.....Pittsburgh is deep blue for the most part. I lived up near McKnight Road/ Allison Park area for a time when relocating to Western Pa. Never met a Republican in that area.

I found the people rather ‘stuffed shirt peculiar’ ... Plus they have their own language that's ‘weird’....you're either ‘one of them’ or they see past you.... and you better like Football and Hockey. They also drive strange - they stay in lines even though there's passing lanes. ....It was a happy day when I moved out of there to this wonderful community - it's all Trump top to bottom!

25 posted on 07/30/2024 8:32:32 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In my rural town where people still have their Trump/Pence 2016 signs up and even some F U Biden signs in 1 foot tall letters, I was surprized to see a Kamala 2024 sign. We’ve been infiltrated!


26 posted on 07/30/2024 12:46:11 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Only those who hate America are offended by the phrase "Make America Great Again".)
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