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November 01, 2004
Pennsylvania | Primer for the Pennsylvania Election

Some quick background info on this “Battleground” state:

Pennsylvania has 21 electoral votes, and went for Gore in 2000. Nader is not on the ballot here. Both candidates have been campaigning hard here, with different polls giving varying results, but most are within the margin of error and the state remains a tight race.

The other major race here is for Arlen Specter’s senate seat. Specter won a narrow vicotry over a more conservative opponent in the primaries, but is not facing much of a challenge in the general election. He leads his Democrat opponent Joe Hoffel by several points (50-32), and has been mostly unhindered by third-party conservative candidates, Jim Clymer (Constitution Party, 7%) and Betsy Summers (Libertarian Party). The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a breakdown of each candidate’s policies.

Finally, there has been a bit of scandal in people messing with some Pitt student’s voting registration. However, it does not appear that it will affect this election (as many first thought it would) beyond confusing a few people and making everyone more aware of watching for voting fraud.



Posted by Frank Deible at November 1, 2004 03:18 PM | TrackBack
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