Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe Biden Campaign is Courting an Unexpected Group of Voters: Republicanswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down16 cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkThe Biden Campaign is Courting an Unexpected Group of Voters: Republicanswww.npr.orgLexi Sneptaur@pawb.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square106fedilink cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremydude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·5 months ago“For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin.” -Chuck Schumer, 2016
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months agoThere are still blue-collar Democrats in Western PA? I thought they went extinct in the early aughts
minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoSure there are, but they’re all in Pittsburgh. As soon as you venture outside of city limits it’s a very different story.
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“For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin.” -Chuck Schumer, 2016
There are still blue-collar Democrats in Western PA? I thought they went extinct in the early aughts
Sure there are, but they’re all in Pittsburgh. As soon as you venture outside of city limits it’s a very different story.
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