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<title><![CDATA[Charles McElwee - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/36898.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Charles McElwee]]></description><category domain="36898">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Gay Talese on a Writer&rsquo;s Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/15/gay_talese_on_a_writers_life_154037.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An unrelenting winter and circumstance dictated a most uncustomary form of interview with Gay Talese: a phone call. Another ice storm in New York kept Talese in his Upper East Side townhouse, where he first occupied a bachelor pad as a New York Times reporter at 26 and then bought the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Story of His Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/novelist-jay-mcinerney-bright-lights-big-city?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He captured the zeitgeist of New York a generation ago'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and he's still at it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Main Street of the Realignment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/main-street-of-the-realignment?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Pennsylvania highway tells the story of Donald Trump's Keystone State victory.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time To Retire Pennsylvania's 'Alabama']]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/time-to-retire-pennsylvanias-alabama?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A decades-old expression mischaracterizes the Keystone State's electoral politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris' Pennsylvania Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/27/pennsylvania-harris-2024-election-00180099</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s local ties and cultural roots kept him competitive in culturally conservative northeastern Pennsylvania. Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' prospects in the heavily Catholic, working-class region there are dicier.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Is the Swing State That Matters in November]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/pennsylvania-is-the-swing-state-that-matters-in-november/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania is haunted by its many claims to historical distinction. Its largest metropolis was the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'workshop of the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' but remains'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s poorest big city. Its south-central farms and northeastern mountains boast the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' richest soil'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' coal veins,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Pennsylvania Decide the 2024 Election?]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/will-pennsylvania-decide-the-2024-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Decades ago, a young Joe Biden described himself as the most popular politician in Pennsylvania. In 1980, at one state stop for Jimmy Carter's flagging presidential re-election campaign, then-Delaware Senator Biden told attendees: I am one of the most important men in America. He added:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pa. Democrats Counting on Abortion To Boost Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/05/will-pa-suburban-women-abortion-rights-determine-the-2024-election.html?outputType=amp</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This year, as Democrats confront sobering polling that shows nostalgia for Trump's presidency, they're relying on reproductive rights as the motivating issue to deliver the winning voting margins, however narrow, for Biden in Pennsylvania.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could One of PA's Last Political Machines Save Biden?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2024/03/could-one-of-pennsylvanias-last-political-machines-save-biden.html?outputType=amp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a state known for razor-thin election outcomes, a Trump-Biden rematch could be decided in Lackawanna County.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ominous News for Dems in Pennsylvania's 'Latino Belt']]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/09/latinos-pennsylvania-politics-00139944</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a state that's poised to play a central role in the 2024 elections, there are growing signs that traditional voting habits are fraying.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy: A Remembrance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/21/john_f_kennedy__a_remembrance_150089.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sixty autumns have passed since the assassination of John F. Kennedy that Friday, Nov. 22, a day that traumatized a generation of children and revealed the impermanence of their innocence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Philadelphia's Progressive Machine Prevail?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/will-philadelphias-progressive-machine-prevail</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow's Democratic mayoral primary will determine the city's future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voter Sentiment in PA Suggests a Republican Year]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/will-pennsylvania-turn-red</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voter sentiment in the Keystone State suggests a Republican year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Down With the Status Quo in Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/pennsylvania-primary-voters-reject-status-quo</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent primary corresponded with editor Charles McGrath'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' description'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of a typical John O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Hara short story: one that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'turns on a tiny alteration in tone or mood.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' And like many'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' plots'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Hara, who often wrote about his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Twilight of the Blue-Collar Democrat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/twilight-of-the-blue-collar-democrat</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, last week's election marked the end of a crucial party constituency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Working-Class Voters Will Shape PA's Political Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/26/working-class_voters_will_shape_pas_political_future.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the past 30 years, eastern Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s demographic and economic landscape changed with a rapidity reminiscent of the Industrial Age, when booming extractive industries drew European immigrants to the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s cities and towns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Philadelphia Reflects Big Cities' Public-Safety Challenges]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/07/01/philadelphia_reflects_big_cities_public-safety_challenges_146018.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In mid-1980s Philadelphia, the erection of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' One Liberty Place, which broke a long-standing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'gentleman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s agreement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' by surpassing City Hall'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s height, ushered in widespread downtown development. At the time, though, Center City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rising new skyscrapers opened in a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Referendum on Progressivism in PA's Big Cities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/05/a_referendum_on_progressivism_in_pas_major_cities_145703.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Urban progressivism is on the ballot in Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s biggest cities, where the May 18 primary will measure Democratic voters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' satisfaction with ideological governance.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Heinz's Legacy &amp; PA's Political Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/30/john_heinzs_legacy__and_pennsylvanias_political_future_145493.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, Republican Sen. John Heinz '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' then Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most popular public figure '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' died in a midair collision over suburban Philadelphia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Lower Merion Township. The April 4, 1991, crash that aviation officials deemed a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'senseless accident'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[PA Suburbs Signal a National 'Eds-and-Meds' Realignment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/14/pa_suburbs_signal_a_national_eds-and-meds_realignment__145240.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Located across the Schuylkill River from Reading, a vast city of rowhomes, the Berks County borough of Wyomissing, Pa., remains as it was intended over a century ago: the ideal suburb. Curving boulevards and tidy avenues, canopied by trees, feature beautiful housing amid parks and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will a Biden Presidency Reflect His Scranton Roots?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/13/will_a_biden_presidency_reflect_his_scranton_roots_145019.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SCRANTON, Pa. -- In the downtown here, if you pass Courthouse Square on Adams Avenue, then merge onto Washington Avenue, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll eventually enter Green Ridge, a neighborhood seemingly preserved in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'50s-era America. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a Norman Rockwell kind of scene,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Sarah...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Navigating Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Political Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/11/19/navigating_pennsylvanias_political_future_144689.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Pennsylvania, many Republicans are skipping the political autopsy of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s narrow presidential loss to Joe Biden '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' still contested in court by the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s team '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and celebrating the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s resurgence in down-ballot races.
Before Election Day, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Four Places to Watch in Pennsylvania on Election Day]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/11/03/four_places_to_watch_in_pennsylvania_on_election_day_144594.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Travel to any part of the Keystone State and you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll find small cities and big towns haunted by geology. Historic markers, street grids, and scarred land tell the story of Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bountiful natural resources '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and in many instances, a legacy of despair.
After his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In PA, Kennedy Democrats Become Trump Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/eastern-pennsylvania-presidential-elections</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In regions of eastern Pennsylvania, the Kennedy Democrats of 1960 are today's Trump Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a voting bloc that could largely determine this year's election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anthracite Coal County Keeps PA Unpredictable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/17/anthracite_coal_county_keeps_pa_unpredictable_144457.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After descending sharp, treacherous turns on Schuylkill County'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Route 61, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll pass a sleepy town, tucked in a coal-scarred valley, where steeples and onion domes command blocks of duplexes and rowhomes. This is St. Clair, the hometown of Tim Holden, a Blue Dog Democrat who...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voter Mood Unclear in Key PA County After Trump Visit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/29/voter_mood_unclear_in_key_pa_county_after_trump_visit_144321.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, following his introduction of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee, President Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Dauphin County, home to Harrisburg, the capital city and county seat.
Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s visit wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t surprising. In the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Bucks County: Ultimate Suburban Bellwether]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/11/pennsylvanias_bucks_county_ultimate_suburban_bellwether.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both Ivanka and Lara Trump have recently made separate campaign stops in Bucks County, a suburban bellwether north of Philadelphia. The visits aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t surprising, given the county'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s electoral past. As one GOP operative told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1988, Bucks was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Battle of Two Pennsylvania Counties]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/12/a_battle_of_two_pennsylvania_counties_143933.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During his six full terms representing Delaware in the U.S. Senate, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, was often regarded as Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s third U.S. senator. A native son of the Keystone State, Biden spent his early childhood in Scranton. That background,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Pennsylvania Trouble]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/democrats-pennsylvania-trouble</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Joe Biden announced his'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' economic plan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' near his hometown of Scranton, part of the anthracite coal region that once fueled'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s industrial ascendance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and, in 2016, secured Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential victory. Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s remarks were filled with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Keystone Clues: 2 House Races Could Signal PA's Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/pennsylvania-political-future</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The November outcome in two Pennsylvania districts could signal the state's political future'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and a presidential result.]]></description>
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