Being so close, Every Republican candidate should point to New Jersey as an example of what happens when you elect Democrats.
Vote in Democrats you get New Jersey
Exactly. I've been complaining for years that we (eastern PA) get all these tax refugees from New Jersey (and New York) and the influx of all these people results in higher taxes. Most of the tax increase is because of increasing population with the resulting necessary new schools, more police, better sewer systems etc.
But also the new people vote democrat which in effect means they are voting for the higher taxes they escaped from in New Jersey. I was working at a craft show a couple years ago and the vendor couple next to me were bad mouthing PA and how we need to do this and that and everything else and I finally told them if you want to live in Jersey go back to Jersey. A good chunk of the Jersey people who move here look down on the locals. But if you don't put up with their crap you're a small minded backwoods bigot. After all, you must be a republican.
Then there are those with weekend homes in the Poconos and request absentee ballots be sent to their New Jersey home. When requesting they claim the PA house is their primary residence and county election officials send out the absentees.