Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Election Week 2022 not good for the GOP Date:   11/10/2022 8:44:32 AM (updated 11/10/2022 8:48:20 AM)

I agree that I wish Trump would not run in 2024.  However, he went 173-9 on his endorsements and I read this morning that Kari Lake is within less than 5,000 votes of winning with lots more to count.  It seems a ton of GOP voters used mail in ballots which is a surprise to me.  The difference is they showed up on election day to deliver them, over 275,000 of them.  If the rest of the vote is split around 50/50 and Lake gets a majority of the hand delivered mail in ballots she will win as will other GOP candidates in AZ.

As for PA, where I grew up, it's all about Philly and to a lesser extent Pittsburgh.  Democrats in those two cities would vote for an eggplant.  It's a cultural thing and a hangover from the industrial days when unions ruled the state.  My grandfather was a Democrat, my fahter was a Democrat, I am a Democrat and by God my kids will be Democrats.