Government/Politics

The Red Wave even came to Lower Merion and Narberth Tuesday, if ever so slightly.Unofficially (Military and provisional votes haven't been counted yet), in Lower Merion, Republicans were able to trim 2,410 votes off the margin from the Democrats' massive win on behalf of  Joe Biden in 2020. Harris's vote percentage was 76.54%, down from the 79.10% they ran up for Biden and down … [Read more...] about Trump Even Did Better In Lower Merion And Narberth

Spoiler Alert: Donald Trump is going to win Indiana, easily. But that doesn't mean that a few, very red counties in this state whose polls close at 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, won't give us an indication how the whole presidential election is going to play out. These seven counties went hard for Trump in 2016. In each of them, his win … [Read more...] about These Indiana Counties Should Give Us A Very Early Indication Of Who Won, Even Before The Polls Have Closed In Most States

Republicans in Lower Merion have seen their candidates' vote percentages drop from a high of 62.4% in 1976, when Gerry Ford was losing Pennsylvania and the country to Jimmy Carter, to 20.9% in 2020, when Donald Trump "allegedly" succumbed to the same fate as Carter. Even in 1984, when Ronald Reagan won every state except Minnesota (and the District of Columbia), his winning … [Read more...] about Lower Merion Presidential Elections – Nixon/McGovern to Trump/Biden

Click above to see more of the 21st Century on the Main Line. … [Read more...] about 2016 – Gladwyne, Disgruntled Bernie Voter

Lower Merion and Narberth have a total of 53,326 registered voters, but only 14,912 (27.97% ) took part in the primary election on Tuesday (April 23). 8,198 of the township and borough residents were not eligible to vote (notwithstanding that their taxes go toward paying the not insignificant costs of administering a primary election) because they are not members of either the … [Read more...] about Only 28% Of Lower Merion And Narberth Voters Took Part In Tuesday’s Election