[FredZarguna]

A lot of them pay no attention to anything "political" at all. In a Presidential year the shop steward comes to the job site or workplace and hands them a list of candidates they're to vote for, and that's the extent of their politics.

The NRA could have real influence here (second highest NRA membership in the country -- second in raw numbers only to Texas -- and the highest percentage of NRA members in the US) but doesn't seem to work very hard in PA.

[JediJones]

The NRA could have real influence here (second highest NRA membership in the country -- second in raw numbers only to Texas -- and the highest percentage of NRA members in the US)

Probably because the NRA is mostly about hunting in PA, less about the more conservative self-defense ethic. But, yeah, that doesn't mean they still shouldn't be able to exert some influence. A lot of those might be in the GOP base already. The suburban, well-off voters are not big on guns or hunting but do cower in fear of global warming. As someone said, those are the counties that turned Dem in the early '90s and the NRA has no influence over them.