Scranton is also one of the birthplaces of the labor movement due to the coal mining in the region. Many of the people here simply baffle me because they seem like good, smart, church-going people, but yet 62% of my area goes blue.
That is the reason that Santorum kept reminding people that he was from a coal mining family and the reason that he often voted with union. He thought that he was representing his constituents. He says that he gets it now, that he better understands the principles of conservatism.