Western PA is red outside Pittsburgh.
It wasn’t always that way. In 1984, my county (Westmoreland), narrowly went for Mondale when Reagan was winning a 49 state landslide. In 2016, we gave Trump 128% of the vote margin by which he carried Pennsylvania.
exactly. For as long as I can remember, it’s been called the Republican “T”.
For the life of me , I can't understand why Pittsburgh is so largely democrap. Big steel is gone, most industries are non-union. The economy now is based on health, science, research, and small businesses.
But the attitude prevails "Republicans is fer the rich people, Democrats is fer da workin' man."
In my area of Mt. Washington, our registration shows that Repubs are outnumbered by about 5 to 1.
In many elections, I don't have a Republican candidate to vote for; I write in my wife.