Shifting Political Landscape

For John, BLUF:  The political landscape seems to be shifting.  Areas of the nation that used to vote one way are not voting another.  It seems to be going in several directions.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The forgotten counties will make their voices heard

From the Washington Examiner, by Reporter Salena Zito, 13 September 2020.

Here is the lede plus four:

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania — Ken Miller walked into one of the four storefronts on the right flank of the Richland Shopping Center, asked if this was where he could change his voter registration, sat down with a purpose, and began to fill out the form.

“It is time to go,” he said, flatly, as he checked his Pennsylvania driver’s license number to place on the form.

Miller did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016; he didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton, either.  He said he is a retired insurance manager and does not like what he sees coming from the party he has been a part of his adult life. “I just get tired of the game-playing that the Democrats are doing.  Everything's just so disgusting today.  Something has to change.  Well, something's going to change,” he said.

“I'm afraid something's going to break out here, and I'm pretty sure it will," he said. He said he's concerned what happened to patrons having dinner at an outside cafe in Pittsburgh when protesters swarmed them will find its way here and other bucolic settings across the country. “I am tired of what I am seeing.”

Miller is not alone. For the first time that anyone could remember, Cambria County is no longer dominated by Democratic voter registrations.  They lost that dominance quietly on Labor Day weekend when Pennsylvania Department of State registration numbers showed Republicans having 37,951 registrations and Democrats holding 37,826.

I know, or knew, Johnstown, and Cambria County.  Yes, it was Democrat when I knew it.  Four years ago about this time we drove through the area and the county to the south, and there were a lot of Trump signs and pickup trucks.  And Reporter Salena Zito was reporting a vibe that the Mainsztream Media seemed to be missing.

These are the deplorbles of Mrs Clinton's campaign of 2016.  The sense is that they are not quite real Americans.  I wonder what that means in the event of a Joe Biden?  Does it mean that a Biden Administration will suppress these kinds of people, these American Citizens?.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff