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Old 05-03-2013, 09:33 PM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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Us too. When In Philly we were Dems, now Republicans. And my town is a total republican run town too and I run the polls every year in my district. . In my experience Philly is mostly liberal Dems and the burbs are mostly conservative Republicans
Abington is far and away from being a Republican run town...

I've also very seldom met suburban Republicans who are conservative in any sense but with regard to their pocketbooks.
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Old 05-04-2013, 02:40 AM
 
Location: a swanky suburb in my fancy pants
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Abington is far and away from being a Republican run town...

I've also very seldom met suburban Republicans who are conservative in any sense but with regard to their pocketbooks.
As has been noted before Abington is very diverse but my immediate neighbors seemed to be exclusively Republican. Even those political signs that people put on their lawns were always for Republicans. I guess the Democrats all live on the other side of town.
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Old 05-04-2013, 04:41 AM
 
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Some parts of inner Delco are pretty conservative. Until 2005 or so Ridley Township was hardcore republican, and that trend continued up the MacDade corridor. That area is also very socially conservative in all the worst ways. Try holding hands with another man at MacDade and 420 and see what happens.
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Old 05-04-2013, 05:21 AM
 
Location: Phila & NYC
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I was born into a Republican family and when I moved to Philadelphia 25 years ago I was treated like a creature from outer space. People were polite enough but they had all kinds of questions for the first Republican they had ever met. After a few years I changed my status to Democrat so that I could have a voice because all Philadelphia elections are decided in the Democratic primaries. A year ago I moved to Montgomery County and now it is the opposite reaction. When I went to vote and they found out I was registered Democrat all conversation stopped and they stared at me as if I was......from outer space.
Must of been that particular district, because Montco has went strongly blue in the past two presidential elections. I believe it was around 60% Dem.
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Old 05-04-2013, 07:03 AM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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As has been noted before Abington is very diverse but my immediate neighbors seemed to be exclusively Republican. Even those political signs that people put on their lawns were always for Republicans. I guess the Democrats all live on the other side of town.
I said I could believe certain parts had an established Republican presence. I'd be curious to see how the different precincts shake out as a whole, because Abington's most monied parts are also its most Jewish parts. Though more Jews than ever support the GOP (mainly for reasons having to do with fiscal and foreign policy conservatism [ie Israel/Mid-East foreign policy]) they're still very Democratic as a whole.
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Old 05-04-2013, 07:05 AM
 
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Some parts of inner Delco are pretty conservative. Until 2005 or so Ridley Township was hardcore republican, and that trend continued up the MacDade corridor. That area is also very socially conservative in all the worst ways. Try holding hands with another man at MacDade and 420 and see what happens.
That's very true, and although the GOP chokehold has started to loosen post-Weldon it's still extremely evident. My uncle is a registered Republican because he works for the County and likes having a job.
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Old 05-04-2013, 07:22 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Our Republicans tend to be much different than the Republicans from some other parts of the country. Yes, they're conservative, but they're not Tea Partiers, for the most part. They're conservatives in the historic sense, not right-wing reactionaries.
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Old 05-04-2013, 10:12 AM
 
Location: South Jersey
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Abington is far and away from being a Republican run town...

I've also very seldom met suburban Republicans who are conservative in any sense but with regard to their pocketbooks.

Im not talking about Abington
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Old 05-04-2013, 10:19 AM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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Im not talking about Abington
You said "us too." IIRC, Bryson lives around the Rydal/Meadowbrook section of Abington Township.

I don't know a whole lot about Cinnaminson, so I'll take your word for it.
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Old 05-04-2013, 11:15 AM
 
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The rural less dense areas of Montgomery Co. as well as Chester Co. probably lean Republican.
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