If you think 2020 is bad, you don’t know 1876.
By Elizabeth Stelle
Kevin Mooney: Was fracking to blame for Pa. Democrats’ ‘faceplant’?
Biden’s fossil fuel flip-flop may have saved him, but fellow Democrats took the brunt of energy voters’ ire.
By Kevin Mooney
Jeff Hurvitz: A surreal election ends with a call for decency, both in Philadelphia and across the nation
The voters’ repudiation of President Donald Trump sends a message that the country demands a respectful leader willing to confront the pandemic head-on — no matter what party he belongs to.
By Jeff Hurvitz
Daniel Goncalves: As 2020 ends, censorship and tone-policing increasingly plague media
In an attempt to remove a totalitarian leader from office, the media has reverted to their own twisted form of totalitarianism.
By Daniel Goncalves
Kyle Sammin: Trumpadelphia? Republican increase in Philly votes echoes urban appeal across nation
Election 2020: in Philly, Trump adds votes from working class voters of all racial backgrounds; meanwhile, Biden’s improvements are a map of gentrification in Philadelphia.
By Kyle Sammin
Bethany Blankley: Biden, Trump campaigns prepare for litigation over potential election outcome
Roughly 300 lawsuits have already been filed over the 2020 elections at various levels in dozens of states across the country.
By Bethany Blankley
Christen Smith: Pennsylvania election results uncertain, as expected
The race will tighten in the coming days as counties process absentee ballots – where registered Democrats held an early lead – ahead of the Nov. 6 deadline.
By Christen Smith
Christen Smith: Slow going: Pennsylvania still far from settled as slow counting of ballots leaves presidential, state races in limbo
Pollsters so far have tabulated more than 5.1 million votes, with about 55 percent of the 2.5 million absentee ballots left uncounted.
By Christen Smith
Christen Smith: Trump, Biden talk Pennsylvania energy in the final hours of the campaign
Trump carried Pennsylvania in 2016 by fewer than 50,000, meaning blue collar workers, like those the International Union of Operating Engineers represent, could help sway the state’s 20 electoral votes in his favor.
By Christen Smith
Dave Lemery: More than 2.5 million Pennsylvanians sent in mail-in ballots
Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes might be enough to swing the race to Republican President Donald Trump or Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden.
By Dave Lemery