County Map of PA Governor's race -- mostly predictable, but . . .
The county-by-county electoral map of the Pennsylvania governor's race is mostly predictable, but there are a couple of surprises. One is that Corbett won Wolfe's home county (York). Then again, on second thought, that really isn't such a surprise. York County is where the town of Dover is located -- Dover was in the national news just a few years back when its local school board tried to require the teaching of 'intelligent design' alongside evolution in science classes (a bid that, thankfully, was quashed by Federal Judge John E. Jones, III). A second surprise -- and a rather pleasant one, in my view -- is that my native county, Clinton, went blue! Clinton is one of the two adjoining blue counties smack dab in the middle of the state amid a sea of red. Clinton is the one to the north, and Centre is the one to the south. That Centre would go blue isn't surprising, given that it is home to Penn State. But Clinton does surprise me -- I suspect it had something to do with Corbett's role in the whole Sandusky case, and the fact that one of Sandusky's victims, who figured prominently in Sandusky's trial, was from Clinton County. Also, residents of Clinton County have become deeply disillusioned with the fracking industry, and what it is doing to the local environment.
You can view an interactive version of that map here.