{"id":2205970,"date":"2024-03-25T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-favored-pennsylvania-counties-see-population-declines-in-latest-warning-sign-for-president\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:39:38","slug":"biden-favored-pennsylvania-counties-see-population-declines-in-latest-warning-sign-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-favored-pennsylvania-counties-see-population-declines-in-latest-warning-sign-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Population drops in key Pennsylvania counties favored by Biden raise concerns for president"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-favored-pennsylvania-counties-see-population-declines-in-latest-warning-sign-for-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2205970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s key \u2062support \u2064areas\u2063 in Pennsylvania face challenges due to substantial emigration, affecting \u200dhis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-voters-in-florida-prefer-trump-and-desantis-to-biden-in-new-poll\/\" title=\"More Voters In Florida Prefer Trump And DeSantis To Biden In New Poll\">potential victory<\/a> in\u200b the 2024 election. Winning Pennsylvania by a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diabolical-silliness-north-dakota-house-passes-bill-prohibiting-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"\u2018Diabolical Silliness\u2019: North Dakota House Passes Bill Prohibiting Mask Mandates\">narrow margin<\/a> in\u200c 2020, Philadelphia County and Allegheny County played pivotal roles in his success. However, recent census data highlighting significant emigration from Philadelphia \u200cCounty poses a threat to Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-mitch-mcconnell-would-rather-lose-the-senate-than-his-leadership-status\/\" title=\"Yes, Mitch McConnell Would Rather Lose The Senate Than His Leadership Status\">future electoral prospects<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> centers of support in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Pennsylvania<\/a> experienced significant amounts of emigration, jeopardizing his chances of winning the state in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Biden won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2935412\/pennsylvanias-right-wing-push-for-latino-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> by just 80,555 votes in 2020. Philadelphia County and Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania\u2019s second-largest city, were two of his biggest areas of support that helped him over the top. Census data revealed that Philadelphia County experienced some of the most significant emigration in the country, potentially hurting Biden\u2019s election chances.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>The sun illuminates the Philadelphia skyline as it sets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Monica Herndon\/the Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest losses at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/az-gov-ducey-on-the-border-crisis-the-biden-administration-has-been-anti-wall-and-awol\/\" title=\"AZ Gov. Ducey On The Border Crisis: \u2018The Biden Administration Has Been Anti-Wall And AWOL\u2019\">county level<\/a> were in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County and Philadelphia. And those are two of the big centers of Biden\u2019s support,\u201d Berwood Yost, director of Floyd Institute\u2019s Center for Opinion Research at Franklin &#038; Marshall College, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/census-data-analysis-pennsylvania-advantage-trump-gop-2024?intcmp=tw_pols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> Fox News Digital.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so does that affect his ability to win by large margins in those counties? That\u2019s a real issue,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yost speculated that the population change in those areas could become a deciding factor in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUneven patterns of in- and out-migration could work to make what was a closely contested 2020 presidential campaign even closer in 2024,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2024\/population-estimates-more-counties-population-gains-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>According to<\/a> a press release from the Census Bureau, Allegheny and Philadelphia collectively lost 24,074 residents compared to the year prior. The data were collected up until July 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Counties that voted for Trump have also steadily increased in population. Though the voting patterns of those entering and leaving Biden- and Trump-favored counties can\u2019t be easily ascertained, the numbers could spell concern for Biden in a state he will want to win again this November.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> polling average<\/a> currently has Trump slightly ahead of Biden nationwide, at 46.6% to 44.9%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s stronghold in Pennsylvania faces challenges due to notable emigration, impacting his prospects in the 2024 election. With a narrow victory of 80,555 votes in 2020, key areas like Philadelphia County and Allegheny County are crucial for his support, posing potential obstacles to his reelection bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2205971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24071451417961-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24071451417961-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}