Cornelius Chavis
PBL Election State paragraph


Pennsylvania is famously described by Democratic strategist James Carville as "you’ve got Philadelphia at one end of the state, Pittsburgh at the other end, and Alabama in the middle. Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés stated on March 17, 2007, that The commonwealth’s large number of electoral college votes and diverse population make Pennsylvania a key battleground state. Pennsylvania is considered a swing state, although it has voted Democratic in the last four elections. In 2004, John Kerry won over George W. Bush by about 2.5 percent. It was still an important prize, with 21 electoral votes, Pennsylvania, like many industrial northern states, has seen population migrate away in recent decades.