PA-15 is not a conservative district. I used to live there before moving to a solidly red (or blue as you like to term it) area in western VA. Toomey was the congressman before Dent and before Dent, there was McHale, a moderate Rat, but a Rat nonetheless.
It’s mostly upper middle class suburbs (Allentown) and like similar suburbs in Philly, it is “kinda” economically conservative, but decidedly socially liberal.
Toomey and Dent are probably about the best you can do there, but they’re a check in the GOP column.
I moved before the 2012 election, so didn’t know Romney took it. That kind of surprises me.
Susan Collins voted to get rid of PP funding and Maine is a lot more liberal than PA-15. And the rat McHale was pro-life wasn’t he?
It may not be a district where M. Bachmann would be elected but I think it can do better than one the premier voices for abortion in the Republican party.
BTW here’s my link for POTUS results by CD
Yes it’s KOS but they do a good job crunching numbers.
For PA-15
2012
50.8% Romney 47.9% Obama
2008
52.1% Obama 46.6% McCain
It’s uh “purple” ;p