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Instead of incessantly refreshing the PA results page, I spent today out talking to voters in Northeast Pa. and people on both sides had some thoughtful, dare I say hopeful (?) takes given the tension of the moment:
"Democrats played the game better than we did as far as mail-in ballots. I think we didn't trust mail-ins and it cost us." - Lynette Villano, a Trump voter in West Pittston.
"An upside for me right now is all the success Republican women had. I'm proud of that."
"An upside for me right now is all the success Republican women had. I'm proud of that."
"The whole American First thing, is that so terrible? For some reason in today’s age, it is and I think we have to get back to it. There’s nothing wrong with loving your country and saying ‘we’re more important than anything else.’" - Rob Acqusto, 43, Kingston, Pa.
"I think we gotta stop putting everyone into one class, like they're calling us all socialists. I actually like the court appointment that was made, she's pro-life. I'm not a liberal by no means but I’m a Democrat." - Richard Brown, 66, retired Teamster who voted for Biden.
"You learn to get along. It’s only politics. We all gotta live here. When the water’s gonna come up, we all gotta sandbag together or we all lose everything. So you pick what you wanna do."
-Joe Zbylicki, a Biden supporter in Duryea (which borders a river and flooded out in 2011)
-Joe Zbylicki, a Biden supporter in Duryea (which borders a river and flooded out in 2011)
Mary Witten, of Kingston, was feeling hopeful "for the first time in a while.”
“It’s been too much hate, too much division. It’s been hard,” said Witten, whose children are mixed race in a town that is largely white. “I'm ready for the lack of respect to end. I hope it does."
“It’s been too much hate, too much division. It’s been hard,” said Witten, whose children are mixed race in a town that is largely white. “I'm ready for the lack of respect to end. I hope it does."
