Can we now all agree that Pennsylvania IS NOT and NEVER HAS BEEN a SWING STATE?

[yellowcanine]

Poll: Obama opens substantial leads in key swing states

"In Pennsylvania President Obama maintains a double digit lead over Mitt Romney overall......"

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57520341/poll-obama-opens-substantial-leads-in-key-swing-states/?pageNum=3&tag=contentMain;contentBody


It is not a swing state if one candidate maintains a double digit lead and the state has gone for a single party in every closely contested election in recent memory.

Sorry for shouting but I get a little sensitive about the state I was born in and grew up in. I know it is Republican in the middle but overall it is a Democratic state and never has been a swing state in Presidential elections, at least since I was born.

[longship]

1. But... But... But... The televisionary set said it was close!!

The TV dude said it, so it must be so.

[yellowcanine]

3. Yes the MSM needs PA to be a "swing state" to maintain the fiction that Romney

has an even chance of winning. If PA is not a swing state Romney has a very narrow road to victory and it is like pulling teeth to get the MSM to admit that.

[LiberalFighter]

5. They should tell everyone that Alaska is a swing state.

Now I had to come back and make a remark about this. Do you know why Alaska is a swing state? Ask Todd Palin how many women during his marriage. They have got to stay warm during those cold winters. Just being stupid.

[yellowcanine]

6. That would be "swinger" state.

One of my favorite "All in the Family" episodes was when Edith answers an ad from a couple of swingers and she and Archie unknowingly host the couple at their house.

[TroyD]

2. Yes, we can, agree, as long as there is no GOP election theft n/t

[gopiscrap]

4. What about all the voter supression

going on there?

[yellowcanine]

7. That would only work if it were actually close. It won't be.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. What about all the voter motivation going on there?

Oh yes, it works both ways.

[WI_DEM]

9. It's not now, but it's also not true that it never has been a swing state

1932--Hoover beat FDR in PA
1936--FDR
1940--FDR
1944--FDR
1948--Dewey beat Truman in PA
1952--Eisenhower (R)
1956--Eisenhower (R)
1960--Kennedy
1964--Johnson
1968--Humphrey
1972--Nixon (R)
1976--Carter
1980--Reagan (R)
1984--Reagan (R)
1988--Bush (R)

So from 1932-1988 PA went Democratic 7 times and Republican 8 times, so it was a swing state up until then. However, from 1992-2008 it has gone Democratic every time.