In the 1800 election between Federalist John Adams and Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson, Pennsylvania was the swing state that tipped the scales. 224 years later, it’s still a swing state with the power to deliver the presidency. (A client from Philadelphia once told me, 'Pennsylvania is Philadelphia on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, and Alabama in between.' That's a formula for a purple state.)
It’s almost as if the ghosts of the Founding Fathers are making sure the state that hosted the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution still has the final say in this country’s direction. (And if ghosts are haunting the country, it might explain why Election Day is just a week after Halloween.)
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