Daily News | 11 Pennsylvanians on the candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, and why some are still undecided
As a union member, Bastian prioritizes electing people who oppose making Pennsylvania a right-to-work state — a policy that allows workers to opt out of paying fees to a labor union in their workplace. Shapiro is backed by both public and private labor unions, while Mastriano has“That’s one of the bigger things for me,” said Bastian, a member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. “I feel like labor unions are coming back, whether you are a Republican or a Democrat.
Poe, who voted for former President Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 elections, says he dislikes how the Republican party has evolved. Though not entirely supportive of Shapiro’s platform, Poe has found one issue on which Shapiro is closer to his line of thinking: strengthening gun laws. He supports an assault weapons ban, and favors candidates who don’t automatically default to rejecting changes to current laws.Shapiro has said he supports stricter gun safety measures, including enacting a universal background checks law, as well as a “red flag” law.
Poe says he has vacillated over the years on how he feels about abortion, but firmly believes that there should be exceptions.Until 2020, Laura Ozuna, a 36-year-old resident of the Lehigh Valley, didn’t vote. She declines to say who she will vote for, but she wants the next governor to do two things: Protect abortion access and improve schooling.
This detachment has carried over into politics. Southerland, a Democrat, was a regular voter in his old home below the Mason-Dixon line, but he hasn’t voted since moving to Pennsylvania. If he finds an in-person event to hear directly from a candidate, he may still vote. But otherwise, Southerland says he doesn’t plan to cast a ballot in November.Lyne Daniels, a 55-year-old municipal manager from Erie County, is a registered independent and proud of it.
“If that’s the kind of Gestapo that other people want to vote for, then you get what you vote for,” Daniels said. “If you made it harder to access abortion, then there wouldn’t be as many as there are because people would think twice about opening their pants,” she said. The father of four says he supports religious tolerance and scoffs at the idea of giving his preferred pronouns. However, while he’s sure to vote, he hasn’t finalized his picks for governor and the U.S. Senate.
Shah says he wants a governor who spells out who they are and what they believe in, and who also “believes in American idealism.”Tamir Salahuddin, Philadelphia He considers himself to be fiscally conservative, and said he thinks if the economic system gave “everybody a chance, a fair chance, then I think people would do good on their own.” But even though he often agrees with Republicans on economics, Salahuddin cannot usually bring himself to vote for the party’s candidates.
Crystal Parker, a 50-something-year-old Philadelphian, makes the following observation about the GOP statewide ticket: They are “no Tom Wolf.” “I feel like abortion rights shouldn’t even be a conversation, because they ain’t your business,” Parker said. Colaiaco says she cast a ballot for a Republican once and would be willing to do so again. But she believes political leaders should be intelligent, courageous, and willing to speak up for what’s right, qualities she doesn’t see in candidates who align themselves with Trump.
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