PA
20
Electoral
College Votes
2020
2020 Opportunities
New Statewide Flip, with wins up & down the ballot
You are viewing The Plan to Win 2020. Feel free to explore our past strategy, or jump to The Plan to Win 2022 here.
Pennsylvania played a starring role in winning back the White House in 2020. Hillary Clinton lost the state by a razor-thin margin in 2016, the first time the Democratic candidate for President did not win Pennsylvania in decades, and the race to invest and win the state in 2020 paid off. After four long days of counting mail-in ballots, on Saturday November 7, Biden pulled ahead with an insurmountable margin, and media’s decision desks called Pennsylvania for Biden, delivering the state’s 20 Electoral College votes, pushing him over 270, making him President-Elect and Pennsylvania, the tipping point state as predicted. The high turnout in the urban centers, particularly through mail-in ballots, and the blue shift of suburban counties, particularly those encircling Philadelphia, played critical roles in pushing Biden over the top, overwhelming Trump’s improved margins and higher turnout of white voters in rural counties. While Pennsylvania may have been the tipping point state, the victories in Arizona and Georgia became checkmate states, where no matter what moves Trump made in the courts, the state legislatures, or Congress to reverse the outcome of the election, he would have to succeed in all three states, not just the tipping point state—an unlikely scenario.
Read our 2020 Post-Election Interim Analysis as well as the original 2020 plan.
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High-Priority Counties
2020 Statewide Anticipated and Actual Results
Demographics
‡Based on WaPo 2018 Exit Polls; update pending 2020 voter file upload.
*Citizen Voting Age Population

Partner Highlights
501c4 Organizations, Caucuses, and PACs
A small sampling of some of the visionary groups Way to Win is proud to support and partner with. If you’re interested in learning more about our full slate, or if you’re a member and would like to report funds moved to any of our groups, please contact hello@waytowin.us.
One PA

Make the Road Action PA

Pennsylvania Stands Up

Candidate Highlights
A small sampling of bold leaders who won seats—and power—and can now push progressive policy.

Federal Race
Chrissy Houlahan
CD-06

Federal Race
Susan Wild
CD-06

State Race, Hold
Kristine Howard
HD-167
You are viewing The Plan to Win 2020. Feel free to explore our past strategy, or jump to The Plan to Win 2022 here.
Pennsylvania played a starring role in winning back the White House in 2020. Hillary Clinton lost the state by a razor-thin margin in 2016, the first time the Democratic candidate for President did not win Pennsylvania in decades, and the race to invest and win the state in 2020 paid off. After four long days of counting mail-in ballots, on Saturday November 7, Biden pulled ahead with an insurmountable margin, and media’s decision desks called Pennsylvania for Biden, delivering the state’s 20 Electoral College votes, pushing him over 270, making him President-Elect and Pennsylvania, the tipping point state as predicted. The high turnout in the urban centers, particularly through mail-in ballots, and the blue shift of suburban counties, particularly those encircling Philadelphia, played critical roles in pushing Biden over the top, overwhelming Trump’s improved margins and higher turnout of white voters in rural counties. While Pennsylvania may have been the tipping point state, the victories in Arizona and Georgia became checkmate states, where no matter what moves Trump made in the courts, the state legislatures, or Congress to reverse the outcome of the election, he would have to succeed in all three states, not just the tipping point state—an unlikely scenario.
Read our 2020 Post-Election Interim Analysis as well as the original 2020 plan.
members only | not a member? learn more
2020 Opportunities
New Statewide Flip, with wins up & down the ballot
Redistricting
Ballot Initiatives
Governor
High-Priority Counties
2020 Statewide Anticipated and Actual Results
Demographics
‡Based on WaPo 2018 Exit Polls; update pending 2020 voter file upload.
*Citizen Voting Age Population

Partner Highlights
501c4 Organizations, Caucuses, and PACs
A small sampling of some of the visionary groups Way to Win is proud to support and partner with. If you’re interested in learning more about our full slate, or if you’re a member and would like to report funds moved to any of our groups, please contact hello@waytowin.us.
One PA

Make the Road Action PA

Pennsylvania Stands Up

Candidate Highlights
A small sampling of bold leaders who won seats—and power—and can now push progressive policy.

Federal
Chrissy Houlahan
CD-06

Federal
Susan Wild
CD-06

State, Hold
Kristine Howard