Trump, the Republican Party, and Westmoreland County
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump obtained 63.5 percent of the vote to Hillary Clinton’s 32.5 percent in Westmoreland County.4 The county is now solidly red, but it hasn’t always been. I grew up in Westmoreland County in the 1960s and ‘70s, and despite my mother being a loyal, committed Republican, the county was solidly blue.
Aug 13, 2018 ... Leslie Rossi, who identifies herself as “a very conservative ... on the District 7 Facebook page, “said they joined the Republican party because it ...