) reported in Pittsburgh - with turnout even higher in the most Obama-friendly parts of town.Allegheny County - Pittsburgh Turnout Huge in Obama Strongholds
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According to Pittsburgh political reporting legend Jon Delano, turnout in Allegheny County is likely to exceed previous records, hitting the 60% mark. Interestingly, turnout is notably higher than usual in Penn Hills (high African-American population), East End/East Liberty (high A-A/Obama headquarters), Moon township (part of the Obama-friendly Cranberry exurb), Shadyside (wealthy & liberal) and the North Hills (see Shadyside and Moon).
Kevin Evanto, Allegheny County Director of Communications, reports that election officials expect about a 60-percent voter turnout, hitting the predicted Democratic turnout number and perhaps exceeding it. Evanto stated high higher than normal turnout numbers in Moon Township, Penn Hills, East End, Shadyside and the North Hills.
"Our biggest problem of the day", said Voter Registration Director Stacey Sterner in the key Lehigh County, "is that the nonpartisan voters cannot vote in a Pennsylvania primary." Apparently, some non-partisan voters failed to get the message that they needed to register with the Democratic party in order to vote for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in the primary election.
Same problem "across the state," Sterner said.
Wow - the biggest problem of the day is all the voters who still also wanted to vote for one of the Democrats, and couldnt - if that's the Dems' biggest problem, that must be a good sign for November, no?
Source: Pennsylvania Ave. Blog
