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Pittsburgh Mayor - D Primary
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| R:11094 | Chilp3 ( 0.00 points) | May 21, 2021 07:40am |
this is history made how do you support the candidate
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| D:1 | RP ( 5618.82 points) | May 21, 2021 04:44pm |
Pennsylvanian: has an interactive precinct results map.
So do we, if someone enters the data.
Interesting the the colors are almost the same, except Gainey's and Pedulo's are reversed.
And idea what the wards are for here? There are 32 wards, but only 9 city council districts...
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RP: So do we, if someone enters the data.
Yep. Beat me to it.
RP: And idea what the wards are for here? There are 32 wards, but only 9 city council districts...
The wards are largely a vestige of how the various neighborhoods were split early in the city's planning, and the districts within them are obviously individual precincts. They became a collective political apparatus, probably more than anything else, as the various machines ran the city for the intervening decades from the Civil War to the early 20th century (or, some might say, now). They retain some practical effect in elections and how results are counted and reported, obviously, but also other administrative functions (such as magisterial district judges -- justices of the peace, as they used to be -- who are assigned a subset of wards within Pennsylvania's unified judicial framework, independent of any city or county council districts). The wards, for lack of a better way to think about it, are "neighborhood" boundaries.
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4590.47 points) | May 21, 2021 07:25pm |
Pennsylvanian, a quick question about Mount Oliver. Anything significant/unique about this area? Do you know why they are an enclave and not part of the city?
Thanks for the information.
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IndyGeorgia: Pennsylvanian, a quick question about Mount Oliver. Anything significant/unique about this area? Do you know why they are an enclave and not part of the city?
Thanks for the information.
Just a borough that never permitted itself to be annexed by the city, as many of the surrounding former boroughs -- now neighborhoods, or the markedly less romantic-sounding "wards" -- once did. An interesting and light-hearted, brief read on it on page 2 of [Link] might be of interest.
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4590.47 points) | May 21, 2021 07:59pm |
Fascinating. Thanks again!
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 9683.07 points) | May 21, 2021 08:16pm |
Seems like the kind of place that people stay in for generation after generation.
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| VMan:10380 | Politicoomer ( -203.26 points) | May 23, 2021 08:32pm |
the fact that a conservative got 13 percent of the vote
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| D:1989 | RBH ( 5686.17 points) | May 25, 2021 01:36pm |
RP: And idea what the wards are for here? There are 32 wards, but only 9 city council districts...
I'm also guessing the Pittsburgh Wards are now pretty much similar to Philadelphia Wards.
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| LBR:1802 | Old LW ( 596.38 points) | July 25, 2021 02:48pm |
Pennsylvanian: <q 6738="">Pennsylvanian, a quick question about Mount Oliver. Anything significant/unique about this area? Do you know why they are an enclave and not part of the city?
Thanks for the information.
Just a borough that never permitted itself to be annexed by the city, as many of the surrounding former boroughs -- now neighborhoods, or the markedly less romantic-sounding "wards" -- once did. An interesting and light-hearted, brief read on it on page 2 of [Link] might be of interest.
There's also the Mt. Oliver neighborhood which is right next door to the Mount Oliver borough.
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