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Philadelphia did it!
I think we're all a little exhausted from presidential election celebration, and have settled in to a sort of contented equilibrium. But the Inky today brings us one more reason for high-fives and cheers: Philly took care of business on Tuesday.
Obama's margin, statewide, was 600,000 votes. His margin just in the five-county Philadelphia area was 656,000. The match was over before the ball got kicked west of Valley Forge.
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Obama's victory was built on a 459,000-vote margin in the city and a 197,000-vote edge in the suburbs.
Both were big improvements for Democrats over the last presidential election. In 2004, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry won Philadelphia by 412,000 votes and the suburbs by 87,000 votes.
I don't see anything in the story about turnout compared to previous presidential years. I'll be curious to hear about that.
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