bergie72
Jr. Member
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Political Matrix
E: 4.77, S: -3.48
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« on: November 10, 2016, 02:17:00 PM » |
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Lackawanna has strong ties to Joe Biden (he was born in Scranton, as he often likes to state), and Hilary's father was likewise born in Scranton and was buried there (he died in Little Rock). Lackawanna also has a larger population than Luzerne, which accounts for Hilary winning the popular vote there.
Luzerne on the other hand, outside of two clusters of cities/towns (Wilkes/Barre and the Route 11 coridor in the north, and Hazleton in the south), is much more rural. During the primary, Trump won 77% of the Republican vote in Luzerne, and I can tell you his yard signs were like dandelions. He filled the Mohegan Sun Area twice when he spoke here, and the venue can hold about 15k people.
Lackawanna has always been more left-leaning. the county voted in '88 for Dukakis and Carter in '80, while Luzerne voted for Reagan in 80 and 84 and for Bush-41 in '88.
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