Both Ivanka and Lara Trump have recently made separate campaign stops in Bucks County, a suburban bellwether north of Philadelphia. The visits aren't surprising, given the county's electoral past. As one GOP operative told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1988, Bucks was “always the least predictable of the suburban counties.” In that ...

The party’s economic policies are alienating working-class voters. Earlier this month, Joe Biden announced his economic plan near his hometown of Scranton, part of the anthracite coal region that once fueled America’s industrial ascendance and, in 2016, secured Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Biden’s remarks were filled with the ...

The November outcome in two Pennsylvania districts could signal the state’s political future—and a presidential result. Last Tuesday, amid the pandemic, lockdowns, and national unrest, Pennsylvania held its primary election—the first under a new law, passed in 2019, that provides for “no-excuse” mail-in ballots, meaning that voters can cast ...

Before Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, the average American stayed within 12 miles of home. Even when automobiles became cheaper and better roads improved travel, leaving town for leisure or work merited an item in the local newspaper. As the economy expanded, people traveled farther and moved elsewhere, pursuing aspirations ...

Rejecting Donald Trump, voters in Greater Philadelphia pose a major obstacle to Republican chances. Philadelphia’s suburbs represent an approximation of Republicans’ worst political fears. For decades, the GOP relied on four surrounding “collar counties”—Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery—to offset the city’s Democratic voting margins ...