General Discussion

As I recall, the city of Butler is a blue island in the county. But, in 2012, we got a visit twice from on the ground volunteers the week before the election. In 2016, I walked the community knocking on doors and canvassing, and found a large cluster of Democratic voters in a place called Lake Arthur Estates, on 19, and one of my favorite places to canvass turned out to be Slippery Rock.

What needs to happen in these PA counties is Democrats who live in red areas, like Butler, need to turn out in larger numbers than they normally do. Shapiro and Fetterman got that to happen in 2022, and I hope the army of volunteers there this week can do the same.

Just FYI, my sign count, from my daily drive to work, is 29 Harris/Walz, 3 Trump. Most of the yard signs are for local races, or the Congressional race. Word is that the GOP candidate in our district, not having much of a chance, received zero dollars from the party. But, for context, it is a district in the city of Chicago, and my commute to work is also through the northwest part of Chicago. This is really not a yard sign kind of election, they are usually a lot more numerous in Mid-terms, when the governor's race is happening.