Saturday, September 17, 2016

The View From Pennsylvania: A Swing District In A Swing State by NPR

The second Podcast I chose to review is, The View From Pennsylvania: A Swing District In A Swing State.  I found it on npr.org and I chose it because I live in Pennsylvania, although Bucks County is on the opposite side of the state as me.  It’s close to Philadelphia and Allentown.  Bucks County is a swing district that have voted democratic since 1988 in Presidential elections, but they have also elected Republicans to Senate and congressional seats.  In 2012, President Obama won by only 4,000 votes out of 300,000.  Trump wants to compete in Bucks County.  One Trump supporter, Jim Worthington, a Pennsylvania delegate to the Republican convention stated:

“How big could he screw up? I mean, what could he do that would be any worse than what's happened with other presidents that weren't effective? I mean, I really don't think he's going to push the button. So short of that, what could happen? My contention is - the way things have gone so far haven't worked. Give a chance to somebody who's an outsider.”


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