Pennsylvania 2000

[RIP Robert H Bork]

I just noticed that in the presidential race, Gore won the state 50.60%-46.43%. However, Pennsylvania reelected Rick Santorum to the Senate 52.41%-45.51%.

This surprised me because I thought, if anything, it ought to have been the other way around; I can see how someone could vote for both Bush and Ron Klink (Santorum's opponent, who I think was a conservative Democrat), but not how someone could vote for both Gore and Santorum. And if every Santorum voter also voted for Bush (which, again, is what could have been expected), the latter wouldn't even need to worry about Florida (the election would have been 269-268 Bush if PA and FL were swapped, and Bush would have won in the House).

So what kind of person would be a Gore/Santorum voter?

[RIP Robert H Bork]

So what kind of person would be a Gore/Santorum voter?

Perhaps people who thought that Santorum would be the superior senator to Klink, and that Gore would be the superior president to Bush? Not everyone can be classified.

That's obvious. But why would anyone think that way?