Message from @herm-3x-gr8
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>PA is under a weird evolution atm
Explain.
the cities have always been blue
the suburbs have always been up for grabs
the rest of the state was always red
not anymore th]
now we arew seeing increased dem voter registration in the red parts of the state
and the suburbs are in a weird flux
it pains me to say it, but it all boils down to trade unions
the suburbs were kept red by trade union membership who would vote red, it wasnt until politicians getting backed by the koch's and mercers started pushing right to work that those suburbs flipped to become blue dog subburbs
now the PAGOP is dead broke, no new donors, bad registration and turnout numbers, horrid leadership and fracturing, and moving into this year they only had 6 employees compared to last election they had hundreds
those 6 employees were all new hires
the burden is entirely on the candidates and the county gop
and they lack the resouces to win
weve been crushed in the special election, the judicial elections, and turnout for the primaries
the numbers are worse than when trump won across the board
the party disaffected all of the blue dog moderates who voted for trump based on the right to work line of reasoning
dually the party has dissaffected the hard right and the "santorum" pro life base as well
wagner propped uyp the whole gop for the last few year with his money
he did so with an iron fist
this hatred is spreading to the rest of the party
we lost the moderates and the far right/religous right
even if the pagop was intact wed still be out registered by 10%
we needed a coalition of the moderate ight, center right, and far right to win, in order to do that we needed the union membership
and the santorum voters
now we have neither
thisis why the statewide races will likely be lost
BUT
we can still win the congressional and state level representative and senate races
as their districts are much more maliable than the state as a whole
Sounds like we have opportunities, then. Who's left supporting the PAGOP, ultimately?
just wagner and he is out of money
he said himself 2 weeks ago he needed 50 million to beat wolf
that means he needs to raise 300k/day
he cant even raise more than 10k at his best fundraisers
his top fundraisers have left
he is out of money
And Wolf has $50M himself
yes
the guy running the pagop did this with the help of wagz
they ran out the gop money when the current gop head won his election