Pennsylvania Statewide Discussion

[Pheurton Skeurto]

DDHQ has called the Treasurer primary for Erin Mcclelland. I cannot make heads or tails of what the christ happened there. I’ve never heard of this person so I read her website and Twitter and she seems slightly, uh, forgive my pun…bizarre?

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

DDHQ has called the Treasurer primary for Erin Mcclelland. I cannot make heads or tails of what the christ happened there. I’ve never heard of this person so I read her website and Twitter and she seems slightly, uh, forgive my pun…bizarre?

She used to be a perennial candidate for the congressional district I lived in from 2010-2020. I was actually surprised when I saw her name on my ballot today. I had no idea she was running.

[Mexican Wolf]

McClelland still leads Bizzarro by around 14%. I honestly thought she wouldn't be doing this well when I voted for her, but I'm happy she is.

[Not Me, Us]

McClelland still leads Bizzarro by around 14%. I honestly thought she would be doing this well when I voted for her, but I'm happy she is.

Why'd you vote for her, if you don't mind me asking? I can't get a good sense of her platform from her website.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Apparently she won Allegheny County by 40%.  Idiots

[kyc0705]

McClelland winning the nomination for Treasurer is the kind of inexplicable chaos that deep-ballot primaries are all about.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

She gives me Marianne Williamson vibes.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Apparently she won Allegheny County by 40%.  Idiots

Pennsylvania lists the home counties of candidates on ballots, so that's not surprising.

[Atlas Force]

So is this just a Alvin Greene moment

[Mexican Wolf]

McClelland still leads Bizzarro by around 14%. I honestly thought she would be doing this well when I voted for her, but I'm happy she is.

Why'd you vote for her, if you don't mind me asking? I can't get a good sense of her platform from her website.

Oh, sure, no problem. I pored over hers and Bizzarro's sites before I cast my ballot. What tipped me her way was her background in providing addiction and substance abuse treatment and recovery and combatting systemic biases in county-level employment. I also liked a lot of the policy planks she put forward in her prospectus on her website and (somewhat harder to explain) her attitude in expressing her stances that I found refreshing.

[wbrocks67]

Yeah the Mclelland thing is very odd, it seems that people really just went for the geographical county I guess? Bizarro had a ton of institutional support, so this is still pretty shocking.

Not shocked that Depasquale will get AG. Him being the only one from western PA definitely sealed it.

[Mexican Wolf]

Yeah the Mclelland thing is very odd, it seems that people really just went for the geographical county I guess? Bizarro had a ton of institutional support, so this is still pretty shocking.

Not shocked that Depasquale will get AG. Him being the only one from western PA definitely sealed it.

Tbf, Jared Solomon also had a lot of institutional support and he's in last place in the AG primary, although having to duke it out with three other SEPAers while DePasquale cleaned up out west certainly hurt his chances badly.

[wbrocks67]

Yeah the Mclelland thing is very odd, it seems that people really just went for the geographical county I guess? Bizarro had a ton of institutional support, so this is still pretty shocking.

Not shocked that Depasquale will get AG. Him being the only one from western PA definitely sealed it.

Tbf, Jared Solomon also had a lot of institutional support and he's in last place in the AG primary, although having to duke it out with three other SEPAers while DePasquale cleaned up out west certainly hurt his chances badly.

Yep, Jared and Keir's fates as expected were basically sealed once both were on the ballot from Philly. There was no way either could really win, let alone with people from Bucks and Delco.

Same with McLelland - she has western PA on lock; Bizzaro unfortunately only had Erie, which does nothing for him.

[kyc0705]

Does any other state include home counties on the ballot? It feels underdiscussed relative to its very substantial impact on primaries.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

McClelland winning the nomination for Treasurer is the kind of inexplicable chaos that deep-ballot primaries are all about.

All else equal and you know nothing about the candidates would you rather have McClelland or Bizzaro? The latter sounds like a clown

[Senator Spark]

Unbelievable what happened in the treasurer race??

[Senator Spark]

Many outlets called the race for McClelland, but there's still a ton of the vote out in SEPA.

[Arizona Iced Tea]

How the hell did DePasquale win without getting even 3rd in many of the Philly collars or the city?

[Pheurton Skeurto]

How the hell did DePasquale win without getting even 3rd in many of the Philly collars or the city?

Because he won just about everything else.

[wbrocks67]

How the hell did DePasquale win without getting even 3rd in many of the Philly collars or the city?

Because he won just about everything else.

Yep, and getting 69% of the vote in Allegheny helped him obv quite a bit. The two Philly candidates split the vote in Philly for example

[wbrocks67]

Turnout-
2024P: 1.94M (997K D, 946K R)
2023P: 1.88M (1.05M D, 824K R)
2022P: 2.63M (1.28M D, 1.35M R)
2021P: 1.91M (945K D, 967K R)
2020P: 2.74M (1.60M D, 1.14M R)
2018P: 1.44M (752K D, 687K R)
2016P: 3.28M (1.68M D, 1.60M R)
2012P: 1.42M (616K D, 804K R)

Looks like we'll be closer to 2021 and 2023 in turns of primary turnout, not surprising considering the lack of major contested races.

R turnout being lower than 2021 is something lol

[Arizona Iced Tea]

How the hell did DePasquale win without getting even 3rd in many of the Philly collars or the city?

Because he won just about everything else.

It's a Dem primary though, isn't the majority of votes coming from the Southeast?

[Pheurton Skeurto]

How the hell did DePasquale win without getting even 3rd in many of the Philly collars or the city?

Because he won just about everything else.

It's a Dem primary though, isn't the majority of votes coming from the Southeast?

There are 11 million people in Pennsylvania who live outside of Philadelphia.

[Talleyrand]

So Garrity is a lock to win now?

[wbrocks67]

How the hell did DePasquale win without getting even 3rd in many of the Philly collars or the city?

Because he won just about everything else.

It's a Dem primary though, isn't the majority of votes coming from the Southeast?

SEPA had 4 candidates, it was too split between them all. Depasquale meanwhile was able to dominate the entire western and central portion of PA.