That is a crazy percentage for Philadelphia. It has been a one party democratic stronghold for nearly 70 years. It needs to be clear that Republicans are only 13% of registered voters there!
you have to register democrat if you want to have a say in the mayors race. The democratic primary IS the mayors race. All of my Trump supporting relatives and friends in philly are registered democrats.
Funny true story. Back in the 80’s I went to vote at my local south Philly location. I tried to vote Republican and the lever wouldn’t move. I asked for help and it turned out that the booth was set for a primary. Basically the lever would only work if you voted democrat. They changed the setting and I was then able to vote. The kicker is I was voting after work, so this machine had been ‘locked’ on democrat all day (basically for 11 hours) and no one said anything. Philadelphia politics is as dirty as it comes. I got out of there over 30 years ago for the deep red rural south and have never regretted it for a moment.
I almost expect that they did. I, to this day, still wonder how many older people just shrugged and voted how they were ‘allowed’ to just to do their civic duty. 🤬
This is something the local GOP has to look out for. Can you contact them and share your story? Maybe they can ensure the machines work properly from the start.
That is a crazy percentage for Philadelphia. It has been a one party democratic stronghold for nearly 70 years. It needs to be clear that Republicans are only 13% of registered voters there!
you have to register democrat if you want to have a say in the mayors race. The democratic primary IS the mayors race. All of my Trump supporting relatives and friends in philly are registered democrats.
The original "OK" campaign occurred in Philly Mayoral campaign about 20 years ago.
Sam Katz, running as a Republican in the heavily democrat city, used the following message:
"Sam Katz, it's OK!"
There were districts in Philly in 2012 that recorded zero Romney votes
Funny true story. Back in the 80’s I went to vote at my local south Philly location. I tried to vote Republican and the lever wouldn’t move. I asked for help and it turned out that the booth was set for a primary. Basically the lever would only work if you voted democrat. They changed the setting and I was then able to vote. The kicker is I was voting after work, so this machine had been ‘locked’ on democrat all day (basically for 11 hours) and no one said anything. Philadelphia politics is as dirty as it comes. I got out of there over 30 years ago for the deep red rural south and have never regretted it for a moment.
That's just sad, man.
Plot twist: they relocked the lever as soon as you walked out the door.
I almost expect that they did. I, to this day, still wonder how many older people just shrugged and voted how they were ‘allowed’ to just to do their civic duty. 🤬
This is something the local GOP has to look out for. Can you contact them and share your story? Maybe they can ensure the machines work properly from the start.
And 100% voter turnout.....
at minimum