Fox News Decision Desk projects that former President Donald Trump has won the critical swing state of Pennsylvania over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Polls showed a close race during the campaign for Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes.

Pennsylvania was once characterized by then-Bill Clinton campaign strategist James Carville as “Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.”

THE AMISH OF PENNSYLVANIA ARE A KEY BUT HESITATIVE VOTING BLOCK

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, left, uses a chip shop as an employee looks on during a visit to McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

The two cities were again strongholds for Harris and Democrats, while Republicans are expected to do well in the center of the state, especially in the districts of Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., and John Joyce, R-Pa. .

Both candidates also visited the Commonwealth several times.

Notably, Trump held a rally in Allentown, the third largest city, in a key congressional district analyzed as “EVEN” by the Cook Political Report.

Harris, meanwhile, appeared to be concentrating her campaigns in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area – where President Biden is from – and in Pittsburgh.

Biden also visited the Scranton area during the campaign and spoke with union workers in Northeast Philadelphia, the reddest part of the deep blue city.

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Notably, Trump broke the proverbial blue wall in 2016 by winning Pennsylvania, while Biden won it back for the Democrats in 2020.

During the campaign, Republican activist Scott Presler was a ubiquitous presence in the state, registering voters at flea markets, community fairs and Penn State football games.

A “Team Trump” bus tour featuring surrogates from Pennsylvania and around the country wound its way through the Keystone State, with stops in Duncansville, Chambersburg and Newport.

The traditionally “purple” Rust Belt commonwealth has returned to “political battlefield” talks in recent years, after Trump upset Hillary Clinton there in 2016.

Although the governor’s office has been flipped every few terms and the legislature typically has a Republican majority — though not quite recently — Democrats are faring much better than the Republican Party at the presidential level.

Trump narrowly defeated Clinton by almost the same margin. Biden defeated the then-incumbent president in 2020.

Democrats have since made gains there at the House of Representatives and Senate levels, with Pat Toomey’s formerly red seat going to then-Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in 2022.

Democrats also flipped a key swing district following the retirement of anti-Trump Republican Charles W. Dent in Allentown in 2018, and won the seat of Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., Cumberland Valley is ready for an exciting battle.

One top state official who was optimistic about Trump’s chances was state Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, whose district covers more than 10% of the state in the forested northwest expanse.

Dush’s district covers all or part of Jefferson, Elk, Cameron, Centre, Clinton, McKean and Potter counties. Center — home to Penn State University — was a rare blue county in the middle of the state that was targeted by Republicans like activist Scott Presler during his statewide voter registration campaign by the Republican Party.

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Dush noted that neighboring Clinton County, home to Lock Haven, was solidly Democratic until the Trump era. “They just went Republican 3 to 1.”

“This is a huge shift that’s coming in rural Pennsylvania … and part of it is my working-class, middle-aged and seniors seeing what’s happening to their jobs and to the inflation and this madness,” he said.

‘That a man can now be called a woman: things like that too. They’ve finally had enough.’

Pennsylvania was one of seven swing states considered the most crucial for winning the election, with the others being Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin.

There are also several key congressional races in Pennsylvania this cycle as Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., tries to fend off a challenge from GOP state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Macungie, Rep. Matthew Cartwright and businessman Rob. Bresnahan Jr. and Rep. Chris Deluzio are in a key matchup with state Rep. Rob Mercuri, R-Pine.

Combined, the seven states award 93 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidential election.

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