Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voters in Pennsylvania on Tuesday cast their ballots for Barack Obama, giving the president the state's 20 electoral votes.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Mutliple media outlets are calling President Barack Obama the projected winner of Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for Barack Obama, and since the 1990s, has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race three out of five times. Former Gov. Mitt Romney and Obama campaigned aggressively in Pennsylvania. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. Romney spent part of Election Day in Pittsburgh and visited Bucks County on Sunday, drawing 25,000 supporters. On Monday, former President Bill Clinton was in the Philadelphia suburbs and Romney surrogates, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, swept through eastern Pennsylvania, …
Is Pennsylvania still up for grabs in the presidential election?
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
By PA Independent and Patch Staff HARRISBURG — Mitt Romney’s campaign and several national Republican super PACs are throwing money into the Keystone State in the hope of scoring an upset. Meanwhile, the anticipated outcome of the state races suggests that the Republicans will maintain control of the General Assembly, and the Democrats will snag all three row office seats: attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer. Polls will open across Pennsylvania from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Poll workers may ask you to show photo ID but it is not required. Election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will monitor polling places on Tuesday in the United States. The group, a United Nations affiliate with …
The Keystone State helped Barack Obama win re-election in what was a good night for Democrats across Pennsylvania
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Pennsylvania helped President Barack Obama win re-election as U.S. Sen. Bob Casey fended off a feisty challenge from Republican coal magnate Tom Smith in what turned out to be a big night for Democrats in the Keystone State. Democrats held the lead in three state row office races as of 2:30 a.m. Wednesday with close to 98 percent of the vote in, according to unofficial results. Kathleen Kane, a former assistant district attorney from Lackawanna County, made history by becoming the first Democrat and first woman to be elected as the state's attorney general. The Republican candidate, David Freed, is a two-term district attorney in Cumberland County. Democrat Eugene DePasquale of York leads Republican John Maher of Allegheny in the auditor …
Monday, November 5, 2012
A last-minute campaign sweep across eastern Pennsylvania by two high-profile GOP members will include a stop in Bethlehem Monday afternoon.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight will campaign for Gov. Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania on Monday, including a stop at the Lehigh Valley Victory Office in Westgate Mall, Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem. The GOP surrogates are scheduled to be there at 4:15 p.m. following a campaign appearance in Conshohocken at 2:30 p.m. Monday. The event is free and open to the public. Giuliani and Voigt will be joined by former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich. Gov. Mitt Romney campaigned in Bucks County Sunday and former President Bill Clinton is in Philadelphia today.
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The president of Equality Pennsylvania highlights races to watch for LGBT quality on Election Day
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Monday, November 5, 2012
By Adrian Shanker/Equality Pennsylvania Every election is important. Every time we vote, we are deciding who will represent us, and which values are important to us at the time. This election could mark a turning point for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender equality. This election marks the first time a major-party nominee for President supports marriage equality. From the President on down, here are some races to watch for LGBT equality. The Presidential: For the first time in American history, a major party nominee for President supports marriage equality. Also for the first time in history, a majority of Americans support marriage equality. And for the first time in numerous election cycles, marriage has not been a major wedge …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
The Morning Call reported Thursday night that Mitt Romney is planning a visit to the Lower Makefield farm on Sunday.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will visit Bucks County just two days before Election Day, the Morning Call reported Thursday night. Reporter Colby Itkowitz of the Morning Call's Washington, D.C. bureau wrote the visit is "the strongest evidence yet of Romney making a last-second play for the state." "Until now, Romney largely has ignored Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral college votes on the belief that the Democrat-leaning state could not be swayed. Fresh polls have shown the race tightening," Itkowitz reported. As of Thursday night, the Real Clear Politics polling average had President Barack Obama leading Romney 49 to 44 in Pennsylvania. Click here to view the full story from the Morning Call. Romney's running mate, …
Friday, November 2, 2012
An October poll by Franklin and Marshall shows President Obama maintaining a small lead among likely voters in Pennsylvania
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Friday, November 2, 2012
The October 2012 Franklin & Marshall College Poll of Pennsylvania voters finds President Barack Obama with a 4 point lead among likely voters compared to a 9 point lead in the September poll over Gov. Mitt Romney. Complete results, including detailed methodology, can be found at http://politics.fandm.edu. .This survey reflect interviews with 849 Pennsylvania voters conducted by the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College from October 23-28, 2012 (sample error of +/- 3.4 percentage points). The survey includes 547 interviews with likely voters (sample error of +/- 4.2 percentage points). The Franklin & Marshall College Poll is produced in conjunction with the Philadelphia Daily News, WGAL-TV (South Central PA), …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Gov. Mitt Romney is making a last-minute play to win Pennsylvania with TV ads focusing on the coal industry
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
TV viewers in Pennsylvania will soon start seeing a commercial from Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign targeting President Obama's stand on coal, according to a PoliticsPa report. Recent weeks have brought speculation as to whether Romney would make a last-minute push in Pennsylvania after Obama's poll numbers dipped in the wake of the first presidential debate. Obama held a strong lead in the Keystone State prior to the first debate and neither candidate has been spending money on the airwaves here.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Because many county courthouses closed in the face of the storm, the deadline for handing in absentee ballot applications will be extended by one day in Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania will extend deadlines for absentee ballot applications after Hurricane Sandy forced many county courthouses to shutter in the storm. It’s unclear how many counties will require the extension. Typically, the official deadline for application to vote absentee is 5 p.m. on the Tuesday before the election. But that deadline will be extended by one day for every day a county courthouse was closed this week due to Sandy, according to the Department of State. The deadline for completed ballots remains Friday, Nov. 2 by 5 p.m. At a noon news conference Tuesday, Gov. Tom Corbett said that no decisions have been made about extending the ballot deadline for residents who may be mailing …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Our deeply divided and sharply polarized nation might witness the second Electoral College misfire in the last four presidential elections–misfire defined here as awarding the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
By G. Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young It’s Déjà vu. And yes the immortal Yogi Berra would say “all over again.” But this time, there’s not much funny about it. The hard fought, tensely tight 2012 presidential election looks more and more like a contest that could end with one candidate winning the popular vote while the other wins the electoral vote. Our deeply divided and sharply polarized nation might witness the second Electoral College misfire in the last four presidential elections–misfire defined here as awarding the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote. That nightmare scenario could be politically destabilizing in a nation so politically fractured. In 2000 when this last happened, national politics were …
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5:58 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012
Amen....I am going to try to be more civil in my tone going forward as well. more ›