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Originally Posted by LessinSF
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PA is even better than MN. Ouch.
PA is a mix of extremes. Eastern side of the state from Philly to about 4/5 of the way to NY border is not racially charged. Not really helpful in fight against systemic racism either, as most of it seems uninterested in race issues.
But then you go to the middle of the state. "Oh myyyyy," as George Takei would say... That's truly Alabama. Openly racist enclaves abound. Confederate flags not uncommon.
York, Gov. Wolf's hometown, had race riots in the 90s.
Then you get to Pittsburgh, where things get normal again. It's not an area interested in diversity or race issues, but like the eastern side of the state, it's got a low volume of exercised bigots.
All things considered, PA is pretty lousy on race. It either doesn't pay attention to the issue (largely because its desperate just to survive because its economy is so awful) or it's openly bigoted. For MN to be worse than PA indicates Trump knew what he was talking about when he said he thought he could flip it.
