Canvassing PA

I spent Saturday canvassing voters in the town of Bensalem, in Bucks County, PA. Bensalem is about halfway between Trenton and Philly, and has both McMansiony developments and trailer parks. It was socioeconomically more diverse than Quakertown, PA (also in Bucks County), where I'd canvassed a few weeks ago, which was primarily retired working-class folks on fixed incomes. With that caveat, I'd say that the reaction this weekend was much more positive for Obama. There were far fewer Democrats still talking about Hillary, and many more independents and no-party folks and Republicans who were thinking about Obama. A number of people I spoke to specifically mentioned Palin as the reason they were voting for Obama. Many people were frustrated with the negative tone of the campaign, but appeared to attribute it more to McCain than to Obama.