NEWTOWN, Pa.—Bucks County, outside Philadelphia, has earned a reputation for unpredictable voting outcomes.
Recently dubbed an “ultimate suburban bellwether,” Bucks is a place where Democrats have long outnumbered Republicans. Yet pockets of blue-collar Bucks County Democrats had no qualms about defecting to Republican Donald Trump’s camp. His opposition to career politicians resonated with them. Many are still loyal to the former president’s “Make America Great Again” principles.
David Fiori, who was handing out Republican-slate flyers to voters outside a polling place at New Life Christian Church, said Bucks County “is a cross-section of people who moved from New York because it’s too expensive,” combined with lifelong residents….}