On Election Day 2022, Philadelphia pastors sought to impart grace and encouragement to their communities within the face of a divisive election.
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In a 12 months that was presupposed to favor Republicans, purple Pennsylvania bucked expectations and selected a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators for the primary time because the 1840s. Voters additionally elected their first Black lieutenant governor and flipped the state Home to Democratic management for the primary time in additional than a decade.
With outcomes nonetheless coming in from Tuesday’s midterm elections, one factor is obvious: there was no purple wave for Republicans. Regardless of disapproval of Biden, historic traits and close to 40-year file inflation, Democrats fared much better than pundits had predicted. If there’s anyplace to replicate that, it is Northampton County, a bellwether within the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Conversations with dozens of voters inform the story of why. For a lot of, it was distaste for former President Donald Trump and wariness of a Republican Get together many really feel has moved too far to the fitting on points resembling Christian nationalism, human rights and conspiracy theories.
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You are so very right. Thank you for your inspiring message today.
It is time for change, hope, love forgiveness never get old fashioned sermon vibes.
Blessed you are for holding your faith in God close. He is my rock.
Have a blessed weekend Sir.
Sir, you are wrong, no god needed, people have morals and empathy without believing in a god, but thank you, anyway.