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The city of Philadelphia has a majority of voters affiliated with the [[Democrat Party]]. As of November, 2008, there are 1,126,768 registered voters in Philadelphia. Of those, 880,684 are registered with the Democrat Party, and 147,074 are registered with the [[Republican Party]].<ref>http://www.dos.state.pa.us/elections/cwp/view.asp?A=1310&Q=446974</ref>   

The city of Philadelphia has a majority of voters affiliated with the [[Democrat Party]]. As of November, 2008, there are 1,126,768 registered voters in Philadelphia. Of those, 880,684 are registered with the Democrat Party, and 147,074 are registered with the [[Republican Party]].<ref>http://www.dos.state.pa.us/elections/cwp/view.asp?A=1310&Q=446974</ref>   

In the [[2012 presidential election]], [[Republican]] polling inspectors were blocked from polling places in the Democratic city. Rob Gleason, chairman of the [[Pennsylvania]] Republican Party, stated, "This was a shameless attempt from the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] campaign to suppress our legally appointed Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia and they got caught."<ref>Curry, C. & De Vogue, A. (2012, November 6). [https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/jersey-extends-email-voting-friday-election-workers-inundated/story?id=17653589&page=2 N.J. Extends Email Voting to Friday, Other States Hurry to Fix Polling Problems]. ABC News.</ref>  [[Barack Obama]] received 100% of the vote in 59 Philadelphia precincts with zero votes for [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20121112_In_59_Philadelphia_voting_wards__Mitt_Romney_got_zero_votes.html?mobi=true]</ref>

In the [[2012 presidential election]], [[Republican]] polling inspectors were blocked from polling places in the Democratic city. Rob Gleason, chairman of the [[Pennsylvania]] Republican Party, stated, "This was a shameless attempt from the Obama campaign to suppress our legally appointed Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia and they got caught."<ref>Curry, C. & De Vogue, A. (2012, November 6). [https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/jersey-extends-email-voting-friday-election-workers-inundated/story?id=17653589&page=2 N.J. Extends Email Voting to Friday, Other States Hurry to Fix Polling Problems]. ABC News.</ref>  [[Barack Obama]] received 100% of the vote in 59 Philadelphia precincts with zero votes for [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20121112_In_59_Philadelphia_voting_wards__Mitt_Romney_got_zero_votes.html?mobi=true]</ref>

Philadelphia has not elected a Republican mayor since 1952 and has a [[poverty]] rate twice the national average.

Philadelphia has not elected a Republican mayor since 1952 and has a [[poverty]] rate twice the national average.