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View Poll Results: is pittsburgh northeatern or midwestern?
Northeastern 100 51.28%
Midwestern 45 23.08%
other 50 25.64%
Voters: 195. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-04-2016, 10:12 AM
 
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Pittsburgh is Northeastern, that is not even debatable but why is this 2 year dormant thread being revived???
Because it apparently is quite debatable.
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Old 07-04-2016, 10:55 AM
 
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Most of the middle votes red. Sure you can pull out Chicago, but most isn't Chicago.

Let's ignore everything else I said and forget Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

The Midwest is not monolithic.
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Old 07-04-2016, 11:20 AM
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It really isn't debatable, but people like to pretend it is.

States of the Midwest - Midwestern Wanderer
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Old 07-04-2016, 11:26 AM
 
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Most of the middle votes red. Sure you can pull out Chicago, but most isn't Chicago.
I don't get this map. What election have we had this year? Colorado hasn't elected a governor, and will not this year. Our gov is a Dem. We are electing one senator; the incumbent who is running is a Dem. The primaries/caucuses were to choose candidates for the parties. Colorado is considered a swing state, supposedly right now a tossup.
First Read: Clinton Maintains Edge in New NBC Battleground Map - NBC News
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Old 07-04-2016, 11:31 AM
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I don't get this map. What election have we had this year? Colorado hasn't elected a governor, and will not this year. Our gov is a Dem. We are electing one senator; the incumbent who is running is a Dem. The primaries/caucuses were to choose candidates for the parties. Colorado is considered a swing state, supposedly right now a tossup.
First Read: Clinton Maintains Edge in New NBC Battleground Map - NBC News
Colorado only has 9 electoral votes.

Ohio is a big swing state though. PA will go blue with ease this time around. There was a time when PA was a swing state before the GOP went nuts.
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Old 07-04-2016, 11:37 AM
 
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Colorado only has 9 electoral votes.

Ohio is a big swing state though. PA will go blue with ease this time around. There was a time when PA was a swing state before the GOP went nuts.
Here is Politico's list of battleground states:

"Together, the 11 battleground states will deliver 146 electoral votes — more than half of electoral votes necessary to win the presidency. The list includes the bellwether behemoths of Ohio and Florida; the fast-growing Mountain West states of Nevada and Colorado; increasingly diverse North Carolina and Virginia, both altered by Hispanic population growth; and slower-growing Iowa, New Hampshire and Wisconsin."

Read more: What are the swing states in 2016? Here's a list. - POLITICO
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My daughter is visiting from Minnesota this weekend and remarked on how many political ads are on TV here. That's one measure of a battleground state, where they choose to advertise. In any event, we're not "red"; we voted for Obama both in 2008 and 2012. Voter registration is about 1/3 R, 1/3 D and 1/3 I. There are a few more registered Republicans than either Ds or Is, but no party has a majority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...Colorado,_2012
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Old 07-04-2016, 02:45 PM
 
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Pittsburgh is more like Cincy than any other city. They practically are identical.

It may be in the Northeast but it looks like a Midwestern city.

Or....

does Cincy look more Northeastern???
Pittsburgh looks like Cincy, but really isn't anything like it. The Maplethorpe thing would never have happened here.
Buffalo is far more like Pittsburgh than Cincy is. Cincy's look was heavily influenced by that of the Mid-Atlantic, which is where most of it's early settlers came from. Typical Midwest is widely spaced frame houses, flat landscapes, and wide streets. Think Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Indy.

This is the best answer I've seen to the question.
http://gse.buffalo.edu/FAS/Johnston/MIDWEST.htm

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Old 07-05-2016, 07:18 AM
 
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Pittsburgh is Northeastern - that is not even debatable but why is this 2 year dormant thread being revived???
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Old 07-05-2016, 08:16 AM
 
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Is Pittsburgh located within any of the boundaries on this map?



If it is, then it's Northeastern. If not, then it's Midwestern. End of duscussion.
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Old 07-05-2016, 08:37 AM
 
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Most of the arguments for northeastern seems to be based on what state you're in, so that'd make Pittsburgh northeastern. But the rivers and mountains tie Pittsburgh to the midwest.
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