Things have certainly changed in Pennsylvania since I moved here sixty years ago.
Bill Scranton was the Governor at that time.
Been here since mid 80s...
PA has always had a democratic voter advantage, but reality is many of those voters are not leftists.. they are legacy democrats who are democrats because their parents and grandparents were back when they worked for the unions.
Trump was able to get a LOT of them to vote for him in 16, and 20.. this state was flat out stolen in 2020. PA is winnable by Republicans statewide, but not with the old school establishment GOP candidates... this isn’t 1980s or even the 2000s.
You don’t give those democrats a REASON to vote republican they will either stay home or just vote defacto democrat... they aren’t going to vote for the republican with candidates like OZ who’s main argument by those pushing him, was “well at least he’s not the other guy”.. that’s not going to get it done, not any more, if it ever did.