DAVID MARCUS: Election shenanigans reflect Dems’ fear that Pennsylvania is turning red

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – The crowd that lined up for the Bucks County Election Commission meeting earlier this week was angry. The only thing missing were the forks.

An uproar was created when one of the commissioners, Diane Ellis-Marseglia, announced a week before that the decisions of the Supreme Court of the state did not matter, and she would count illegal votes in the race for the US Senate in the Keystone State.

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On Wednesday, he apologized to a foaming crowd calling for his resignation, and on Thursday, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey conceded that he had lost to challenger Dave McCormick. For all intents and purposes the conflict was over, but why did it happen in the first place?

“This is all about 2026,” Nick said outside the government offices.

In his late 20s or early 30s, Nick is one of those Gen Z guys you keep hearing a lot about, slicked back, sunglasses. “Casey will not be a member of parliament, but they want these votes to be counted in the future,” he said.

All of this speaks to a justified fear among Democrats that Pennsylvania, long a swing state, may move, like Ohio and Florida before it, firmly into the Republican column.

While the race between McCormick and Casey was close enough to merit a recount, the over-the-ticket race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was not. It wasn’t explosive, but like the national statistics, with an almost two-point lead, Trump’s win was decisive.

Even in Philadelphia, the sweetest corner of the commonwealth, Trump improved on his 2020 vote numbers while voters lagged behind Harris and the Democrats. That’s a wake-up call for what used to be Jefferson and Jackson’s party.

Swing states don’t tend to stay in swing states forever. For example, Oregon, now so far that Chairman Mao said, “put it down a little bit,” was a toss-up 30 years ago, but times and organizations change.

Bob Casey and Dave McCormick are tied in Pennsylvania, according to new polls. (AP/Reuters)

For now, Pennsylvania still has one Democrat in John Fetterman, who at times seems to be plotting his way to the center of his national party, and Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro, who also seems oblivious to the dire progress.

But if Democrats nationally fail to see what Fetterman and Shapiro see, that unfettered resurgence and left-leaning policies are utterly and resoundingly rejected by voters, then they won’t be able to keep Pennsylvania purple.

“If it weren’t for double standards, Democrats wouldn’t have any standards at all,” one man with a Trump sign shouted outside an election commission meeting Wednesday, and his point was taken lightly.

It’s been four years since we heard little about Trump other than his denial of the election, and we were told that he was a grave and grave threat to the country. Yet here is an elected official of the Democratic Alliance promising to break the law and count illegal votes, just to put his own in office.

Democrats in Pennsylvania face a dangerous crossroads ahead. Fetterman and Shapiro can at least continue to show how to put people in the middle, but if the national team continues to lack the left, it may not matter that much.

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If in four years the Democrats re-elect a San Francisco liberal like Gavin Newsom, there is every reason to believe that Pennsylvanians will continue their march to the right.

These have always been Joe Biden and Ed Rendell Democrats, never Nancy Pelosi Democrats.

For Republicans, the Pennsylvania lesson couldn’t be easier. Just stay with the lesson, just cover what President-elect Trump refers to as common sense.

If Republicans can reliably turn Pennsylvania red, it will be a sea change in national politics, the kind that fundamentally changes what our political parties advocate and stand for.

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That’s why Casey is leaning towards the impossible narrative. It’s not about him, it’s not about now, it’s about the future. It’s about keeping that wiggle room in the vote count that often pushes Democrats to the finish line.

But this time, the people saw it, this time they came out to protest, and next time, they may be ready to give the Republicans the key to manufacturing power.

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