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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fetterman is struggling in the western part of the state because that is Colin Lamb's territory.  Being from Mt Lebanon means he has a lot of Pittsburgh support, even though Fetterman was mayor of Braddock.  But once Fetterman knocks Lamb out of the primary, then Pittsburgh will go all in on Fetterman.  And Pittsburgh has a lot more votes than the rest of western PA.  Fetterman is going to have the East and West and Oz will have the middle of the state.  As long as Fetterman can lock up the suburban votes and pull out some of the middle state voters like around York, Lancaster, Harrisburg and State College, he'll win.  The key is to get a significant portion of the middle state small city votes and he's been working on that.  His support in the small cities is much like Biden's which is why I think he'll do as well as Biden did.

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I spend a lot of time in PA including areas near York and Lancaster and have to disagree with this. There is a big difference between Biden and Fetterman. Assuming that Fetterman is the D candidate, I don't think that he will do any better than Biden and likely will do worse. [/quote]

Why?[/quote]

Because a very high percentage of the support for Fetterman is from young people (this is anecdotal. I might be wrong have no idea if polling supports this).

This demographic of voters has consistently underperformed at the polls, relative to forecasts.  [/quote]

I'm 65, from NEPA, and i and all my D friend are voting for Fetterman.  We don't need another DINO and that is the perception of  Lamb.[/quote]

So a bunch of socialist left wing boomers who would vote for the most progressive choice in every election is somehow reflective of statewide politics and guarantees the boring middle ground suburbs will follow who you vote for?

A normal mainstream R would easily carry the suburbs over Fetterman. It's to Fetterman's luck there isn't a normal R in this election. But is it enough luck in what is shaping up to be a strong R year? Time will tell
 
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My friends are not exclusively boomers or Democrats.  PA has  closed primaries so my R friends can't vote for Fetterman or they would.

I offered an anecdote, not a prediction.  [/quote]

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