Democrats had a brutal 2020 in Pennsylvania besides Biden. Now they're charting a path forward.

[RandySF]

Joe Biden won the critical battleground state. But the incumbent Democratic treasurer? Defeated. The open seat for state auditor general? No dice. Flipping either of the GOP-held congressional districts Democrats targeted? Nope. Taking over the state House? Not even close.

So now Democrats are searching for the path forward as redistricting looms this year before high-profile races for governor and U.S. Senate in 2022. Even as the Republican Party faces its own messy identity crisis, the 2020 election has left some Pennsylvania Democrats in deep introspection.

“It’s not surprising to me why we lost: We underestimated [Donald Trump’s] power and control, which we seem to do over and over again,” said Jamie Perrapato, executive director of the grassroots Democratic group Turn PA Blue, which organized in state legislative races.

“Now people realize we still have a lot of battles ahead of us,” she added. “We’re not really sure how to fix them.”

Biden’s Pennsylvania win was largely fueled by big support in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and other cities, as well as gains outside his native Scranton and the huge margins in Philadelphia that Democrats need to win statewide. But the party’s down-ballot losses in the same suburbs that drove Biden’s victory suggest his coalition might not be a reliably Democratic one.




https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-democrats-2020-election-20210214.html

[SunSeeker]

1. There is no resting if we want to keep our democracy. nt

[gab13by13]

2. Pa. is gerrymandered,

My Rep Glenn Thompson gets reelected by drinking oil and breathing methane. Republicans here want to redistrict some more but they may have to wait because the census information is late so whatever chance we have to flip some seats had better happen in in this next cycle.

[scarletwoman]

3. 2022 is going to be a hard road all over.

Nothing for it but to fight and fight hard for every possible vote.

[Indykatie]

4. Many Years Ago I Heard PA Described as MS with Pittsburgh and Philly In the Middle

[SMC22307]

5. Pennsyltucky. Pittsburgh and Philly are on opposite ends of the commonwealth...

not in the middle.

[Marie Marie]

6. We can start by electing Fetterman to the Senate.

But there has been organized activists fighting the horrible gerrymandering here for years but when the Republicans control the state through that gerrymandering it has become an uphill battle. Just like on the Federal level, Republicans will hold on to power by hook or by crook.