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I missed out on commenting during election night as I had to work for some of it and was analyzing during the time I wasn't. The reason Pennsylvania always starts off so strong Dem is because Philly reports its votes before much of the rest of the state. So Clinton had that huge lead, that gradually was whitled away by Trump. Same thing happened in 2010 when Toomey beat Sestak for the US Senate. Trumps lead in Virginia was only because Fairfax county lags in its count and always comes in after the smaller counties are done. So Republicans of whatever stripe always lead to start and then the Dem ends up closing strong at the end.
Philly in 2012 went 588k to 96 for Obama over Romney , this year 563k to 106k for Clinton, so Trump lost by 35k less in Philly than Romney did, and that explains part of his victory in PA, but the big story of course was the massive Thrasen induced rural turnout for Trump in PA.
Philly in 2012 went 588k to 96 for Obama over Romney , this year 563k to 106k for Clinton, so Trump lost by 35k less in Philly than Romney did, and that explains part of his victory in PA, but the big story of course was the massive Thrasen induced rural turnout for Trump in PA.