Winston-Salem Journal | Big Three: Both sides covet key states
Pennsylvania has a Democratic governor, but Republicans control both houses of the legislature. Both of its U.S. Senators are Republicans and the GOP has 12 members of the House of Representatives, and the Democrats have seven.
John Spurlock is the humanities chair at SHU. His blog is the Blue Monkey Chronicle.
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Most of the time, the articles are sports stories.
I believe Dr. Spurlock was very correct in his assessment of the central part of Pennsylvania. The entirety of my experience in the central part of the state has shown me that it is very conservative and white. The balance between the conservative and liberal portions of the state is what makes it a key state in an election. Dr. Jerz out of curiosity, how did you come across this quote?