FiveThirtyEight blog is predicting Pennsylvania as the tipping point in the 2020 electoral college. How do we ensure Pennsylvania's electors go to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris? Run up the vote in southeast and southwest PA, and undercut Trump's margins throughout the rest of the state.
Supporting the Rural Pennsylvania Democratic Coalition will do exactly that, by driving up Democratic turnout in NorthCentral Pennsylvania. However, these candidates are not just fighting to push up margins, they can win! Conditions in 2020 in Central PA are very similar to 1976, the last time the White House was defiled by an impeached president and Republicans were running to retain it. Central Pennsylvania bucked historic trends and elected a Democrat to Congress along with local and county level victories. And in 2020 again, the area is ripe for the picking, but we need to invest NOW while the campaigns can use the resources if we hope to pull off some upsets.
The Rural PA Democratic Coalition has a great slate of candidates. This ActBlue donation page will support 2 State House, 2 State Senate and a Congressional candidate from NorthCentral PA. You can divide it equally across all of them, or customize the amounts for the races you want to target:
They have crafted a Rural Bill of Rights that shows they have their fingers on the pulse of the electorate in an area has been too often overlooked by Democrats and taken for granted by Republicans.
With a platform to run on and a full slate of candidates, these folks can win. So whether you are just looking for a way to ensure Pennsylvania is in the column for Biden/Harris, or you want to help one of these insurgent campaigns flip a seat in the State House or State Senate, please consider helping the Rural Pennsylvania Democratic Coalition.
Sign the petition for the Rural PA Bill of Rights.
We the Rural People of Pennsylvania Deserve:
1. Access to Hospitals and Affordable Healthcare
2. Access to Broadband and Cell Phone Service
3. Access to Public Transportation
4. Investment in Public Education
5. Protection and Growth of Family Farms
6. Access to Good Paying Jobs and Worker Protections
7. Infrastructure Investments
8. Support of Local Businesses
9. Access to Clean Air, Water, and Land
10. Upholding the PA and US Constitutions.
What? Rural and small town Democrats exist? Yes, they most certainly do, and you can help these insurgents eat into Trump’s margin and possibly pull an upset or two off in this tough red territory.
State House
State Senate
PA 12th Congressional District
UPDATE: Thank you already for the donations and rec votes! You people are amazing!!!! Please rec the heck out of this diary and get it in front of more folks!
UPDATE2: You really are amazing. My expectations were pretty low, figured one or two of you might hop on board. But now we’re up to a couple dozen or so and it keeps growing! Some of you are scraping together a few bucks of what I am sure is your very limited budget based on my word. I am really very humbled. Wow. Thank you just doesn’t even cover it. Your example means I’m just gonna have to dig even deeper into my wallet, and hope that even more of you are able to jump on board. You’ve just bought yard signs, postcards, advertising and more for each of these candidates.