Strong Philly Turnout Helped Swing PA Supreme Court Election

[RandySF]

In Pennsylvania, another swing state that Democrats include in their 2016 map, the party celebrated a sweep of state Supreme Court elections. That was a break from tradition, of the party’s base staying home in sleepy off-year races. It was enabled by direct mail to Democrats featuring President Obama, a nationalization of the race — and a mirror image of Obama-centric ads that buried Democrats in Kentucky.

“The worry behind this election was that Philadelphia would not turn out, or produce a very low turnout,” said Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), who made nearly a dozen campaign appearances for the Democratic candidates between Halloween and Election Day and who has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. “As it turned out, Philly contributed more than 10 percent of the statewide vote. Hillary, who already has a very strong base, can look to that. Her potential in our state is strong because she’ll keep the Philly vote, do well in suburbs, and has a chance to exceed the president’s numbers in western Pennsylvania.”




https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/off-year-elections-reveal-a-2016-map-with-sharper-borders/2015/11/04/31b834a8-831a-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html

[blue neen]

1. Yesterday was a very important day for Democrats in PA.

A big thanks goes out to Senator Casey for his contributions to these victories.

[vadermike]

2. cool

Polls in PA are already showing Hillary beating all the GOPers... we had those scary polls from a few months ago showing some of them beating her including Carson.. but she beats him handily mow in PA... I really think those Quiinipiac polls are suspect this political season.. they really highly oversample R

[onehandle]

3. Everybody in my house and all of my friends here voted.

We outweighed 'Pennsyltucky' (central PA) as they call it here, by far.

Now onto un-gerrymandering the state.

[drm604]

4. Our state did well.

Here in Montgomery County PA, just outside of Philly, we elected our first Democratic DA.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20151104_Steele_tops_Castor_in_contentious_Montco_DA_race.html

Instead, Steele, a 48-year-old from Lower Merion, will become his party's first district attorney in Montgomery County, reflecting the party's continuing surge there. Democrats have steadily grown in registration over the last decade, and now hold an 8.8 percentage-point lead over the GOP. The victory margin over Castor was about as large.