Ua lilo ka lāhui Senate ma Pennsylvania i "kokoke loa e kāhea" i ʻekolu pule ma mua o ke koho balota, ʻoiai ʻo ke alakaʻi o ka Pelekikena Barack Obama i ka mokuʻāina ua hāʻule mai ka 12 a i ka 4 pakeneka ma hope o ka hana hoʻopaʻapaʻa hoʻomāinoino, wahi a Quinnipiac poll i ka Poalua.
ʻO Pennsylvania, i ʻike ʻia a hiki i kēia manawa i paʻa no ka pelekikena Demokarata, ua ʻike ʻia he hoʻokūkū, me Obama e alakaʻi ana iā Republican Mitt Romney 50 pakeneka a 46 pakeneka. ʻO 7 pakeneka wale nō o ka poʻe koho pāloka o ka mokuʻāina e ʻōlelo ana e hoʻololi paha lākou i ko lākou manaʻo ma mua o Nowemapa 6, ua ʻike ʻia ke koho balota.
ʻO ka mokuʻāina nui kekahi o nā makana kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke koho pelekikena me 20 mau balota ma ke Kula Koho Balota, e hoʻopaʻa ana iā ia me Illinois no ka ʻelima o ka helu o nā mea koho ma ka mokuʻāina. ʻO Kaleponi, Texas, New York a me Florida wale nō ka mea i ʻoi aku.
"ʻAʻole ia he mea huna i ka haʻahaʻa o ka pelekikena i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa, me kāna moʻolelo ponoʻī," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Tim Malloy, ka mea kōkua o ka Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, ma kahi ninaninau.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka Hope Pelekikena Joe Biden i hānau ʻia ma Pennsylvania i ka pule i hala aku nei e kūʻē i ka hoa holo o Romney, ʻo ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika ʻo Paul Ryan, i pāʻani maikaʻi me nā poʻe koho pāloka ma ka mokuʻāina, "ʻaʻole i neʻe iki i ka tiketi," wahi a Malloy.
Ma Pennsylvania, ua holo nā kāne, nā Katolika keʻokeʻo a me nā poʻe koho koho polū i ka hoʻomoana ʻo Romney i ka mahina i hala aku nei, wahi āna.
Ma ke koho balota ʻo Quinnipiac i ka lā 26 Kepakemapa, ua alakaʻi ʻo Obama i nā helu 12.
E kū ana ʻo Obama lāua ʻo Romney i kā lāua lua o nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻekolu ma hope o ka Poalua.
I ka heihei o ka US Senate, ʻo ke koho balota ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻole no ka poʻe Democrats, ka poʻe e manaʻo nei e paʻa i kā lākou 51 a 47 mau lanakila ma luna o Republicans ma ke keʻena 100 noho. ʻOiai ua hāʻawi ʻia ka nānā nui ʻana i kahi liʻiliʻi o nā heihei kokoke - me Missouri, Indiana, Massachusetts a me Connecticut - ua makemake ʻia ʻo Democratic incumbent Robert Casey Jr. e lanakila ma Pennsylvania.
Ua lanakila ʻo Casey, he anti-abortion, pro-gun moderate Democrat nona kona makuakāne he kiaʻāina kaulana ʻo Pennsylvania, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka noho Senate ʻeono makahiki i hala ma o ka lanakila ʻana iā Republican Rick Santorum ma 18 pakeneka. Ua lilo ʻo Santorum i mea hoʻokūkū nui o Romney no ka koho pelekikena Repubalika.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka ʻoihana ʻoihana Repubalika ʻo Tom Smith ma ka mokuʻāina i ʻApelila i ka wā i lanakila ai ʻo ia i ke poʻokela Senate Republican. E like me ʻAukake 1, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi Quinnipiac iā Casey e hahau ana iā Smith he 55 pakeneka i ka 37 pakeneka.
ʻO Smith, he mea ʻeli lanahu ma mua i lilo i hui lanahu, ua ninini ʻo ia ma kahi o $17 miliona o kāna kālā ponoʻī i kāna hoʻolaha a ua hoʻolilo nui ʻo ia i nā hoʻolaha kīwī. Wahi a ke koho balota i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka Pōʻalua, ua hōʻemi ke alakaʻi o Casey i 3 pākēneka wale nō.
"Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Tom Smith i ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha TV iā ia mai ka lua lanahu e hāʻawi iā Sen. Robert Casey i holo no kāna kālā," wahi a Malloy.
Wahi a nā waihona kālā hoʻolaha i ka Pōʻakahi, ua hoʻonui ʻo Smith iā Casey ma mua o $ 100,000 i ka hapaha hope, ʻaʻole me $ 10 miliona āna i hōʻaiʻē ai i kāna hoʻolaha i ka manawa like.
Ua mālama ʻia ka loiloi kelepona o 1,519 Pennsylvania mau mea koho mai ka Pōʻalima a i ka Lāpule a loaʻa kahi hapa o ka hewa o ka hoʻohui a i ʻole he 2.5 pakeneka.
(Reuters)
