Flip the house-Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 163 May 16th

[31ST MEUSOC]

Any news?

[Ilikebuckets]

Any news?

Polls don*t close until 8 so unlikely to know anything before 9 at the earliest. Probably later.

[31ST MEUSOC]

God I hope we flip that seat and Josh gets elected my friend told me at his poll station they had Prince as a Democrat and the Republican party was handing out vote sheets on who to vote for he still voted for Josh.

[Ilikebuckets]

God I hope we flip that seat and Josh gets elected my friend told me at his poll station they had Prince as a Democrat and the Republican party was handing out vote sheets on who to vote for he still voted for Josh.

You can see the specific results as they update here for this race. https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-p...ction-results/

The New York Times is normally pretty good when it comes to tracking results. It*s good in that it has all the races. With 3 percent Josh Prince is quickly falling behind. I voted for him today but only because of seeing him on this site and knowing who he is. He was not the endorsed candidate where I live. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nsylvania.html

[Ilikebuckets]

And with %36 of the vote in, Ford is down getting about 1 vote for every 3 Boyd got. Not looking good.

[31ST MEUSOC]

Good god we cant flip one crappy seat wtf?

[Spirit of 76]

Where is the second vacant seat and when will that be filled?

The 2nd vacant seat..from what I heard is in a red area with the repub. Expected to win.

The Republican prevailed in the 108th House District.

https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/S...e=S&IsActive=1

But, with the Dem win in the 163rd HD, they maintain a one-vote majority in the PA House.

[Spirit of 76]

Unofficial Results for 163rd HD

https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/S...e=S&IsActive=1

[Spirit of 76]

A Yahoo article breaks down the registered voter numbers in the 163rd HD.
https://news.yahoo.com/voting-majori...035900883.html

Democrats hold a clear advantage in registered voters, 22,850 to 14,754, according to the state's latest registration data. There are an additional 5,596 voters who are either third-party members or non-party affiliates.


Latest numbers in the 163rd from th NY Times:

Latest results from 9m ago
>95% OF VOTES IN
race called.
Candidate Party Votes PercentPct.
Heather Boyd
Dem. 9,227 +59.8%59.8%
Katie Ford
Rep. 6,005 +38.9%38.9
Alfe Goodwin
Lib. 191 +1.2%1.2
Total reported
15,423


If 67% (i.e., 2/3) of Repubs voted, that equates to 9,885 votes. However, 6,005/14,754 = 40.70% turnout.

Dem turnout was 9,227/22,850 = 40.38%, slightly less than the Republican turnout. However, in lopsided districts, to surmount the voter registration advantage, the Repubs cannot just match the Dems. They must outperform by 25-27 percentage points in turnout to assure victory.

[PocketProtector]

What freaking planet are PA people on? Evidently they*re all OK with what*s going on. Absolutely mind-boggling.