Pennsylvania 1978 Governor Election

Name: Pennsylvania 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Peter Flaherty vs. Richard Thornburgh

Richard Thornburgh won the Pennsylvania 1978 governor election with 1,966,042 votes (52.5%), a margin of R+6.1.

Statewide Results

46.4%

52.5%

1,737,888

Peter Flaherty (46.4%)

1,966,042

Richard Thornburgh (52.5%)

Total Votes: 3,741,969|Margin: R+6.1

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
FAYETTE	D+34.0	D+17.6	D+24.4	42,337	D+23.0%
BEAVER	D+33.5	D+16.9	D+26.1	66,299	D+15.7%
WASHINGTON	D+32.1	D+15.6	D+18.8	67,537	D+18.4%
WESTMORELAND	D+31.5	D+3.9	D+5.6	116,282	D+19.7%
GREENE	D+28.2	D+20.2	D+18.9	11,296	D+26.9%
LAWRENCE	D+27.7	D+2.7	D+10.8	33,082	D+27.2%
CAMBRIA	D+25.3	D+4.2	D+10.6	60,679	D+13.8%
ARMSTRONG	D+19.1	R+0.9	D+2.9	24,014	D+18.4%
ELK	D+18.0	R+9.3	R+21.3	11,717	D+24.3%
SOMERSET	D+16.3	R+19.8	R+16.7	25,425	D+26.3%
BUTLER	D+14.9	R+17.3	R+12.3	40,332	D+21.9%
CLARION	D+9.2	R+22.1	R+28.9	12,556	D+21.4%
CLEARFIELD	D+6.9	R+13.0	R+21.7	23,716	D+6.9%
PHILADELPHIA	D+4.8	D+24.7	D+30.3	719,641	R+34.8%
ALLEGHENY	D+3.5	D+4.1	D+13.2	506,470	R+10.0%
JEFFERSON	D+2.8	R+19.9	R+31.0	14,254	D+17.7%
MERCER	D+0.2	R+5.8	D+0.9	34,591	D+3.7%
FOREST	R+0.1	R+18.0	R+27.1	1,955	D+12.7%
VENANGO	R+0.2	R+18.2	R+19.3	17,056	D+25.2%
INDIANA	R+0.3	R+5.7	R+8.8	24,047	D+1.7%
LUZERNE	R+3.2	R+5.8	R+8.3	109,089	R+15.1%
BLAIR	R+5.7	R+30.0	R+31.5	40,032	D+12.3%
ERIE	R+7.3	R+2.9	R+3.1	78,753	R+1.6%
BERKS	R+8.8	R+22.5	R+32.5	80,332	R+23.9%
LACKAWANNA	R+10.3	D+1.1	R+2.4	79,276	R+24.2%
CARBON	R+10.4	R+10.5	R+9.5	16,205	R+20.2%
NORTHAMPTON	R+10.8	R+5.1	R+8.0	56,682	R+30.7%
FULTON	R+11.2	R+33.1	R+42.5	3,303	R+12.0%
CRAWFORD	R+12.8	R+15.4	R+22.3	23,677	D+6.1%
COLUMBIA	R+14.6	R+12.8	R+27.1	19,140	R+15.8%
SCHUYLKILL	R+15.9	R+17.4	R+18.3	57,835	R+22.1%
BUCKS	R+16.3	R+22.9	R+27.0	129,127	R+26.5%
CAMERON	R+16.7	R+22.5	R+34.4	2,364	D+2.3%
LEHIGH	R+17.2	R+16.6	R+20.0	69,603	R+29.5%
MONROE	R+17.2	R+21.6	R+32.3	15,672	R+15.4%
MIFFLIN	R+17.3	R+17.1	R+27.3	10,764	R+28.6%
BEDFORD	R+17.7	R+36.4	R+41.3	13,894	D+3.6%
NORTHUMBERLAND	R+18.3	R+18.9	R+23.1	31,391	R+19.3%
CLINTON	R+19.8	R+12.0	R+19.1	9,387	R+31.9%
DELAWARE	R+21.7	R+21.4	R+24.3	208,445	R+21.0%
YORK	R+21.8	R+27.2	R+38.1	74,005	R+22.7%
SULLIVAN	R+22.5	R+20.7	R+33.7	2,427	R+5.0%
JUNIATA	R+22.9	R+20.2	R+31.6	6,227	R+25.1%
HUNTINGDON	R+23.1	R+21.9	R+39.4	11,064	R+5.7%
MONTOUR	R+23.3	R+18.5	R+33.9	4,676	R+17.1%
CENTRE	R+23.8	R+10.8	R+26.2	30,209	R+23.6%
LYCOMING	R+24.0	R+21.7	R+36.6	31,440	R+6.5%
WARREN	R+24.2	R+22.6	R+26.7	12,292	R+2.7%
ADAMS	R+26.4	R+29.0	R+39.3	16,507	R+17.4%
POTTER	R+28.0	R+26.6	R+48.3	5,318	R+16.2%
LEBANON	R+29.2	R+45.7	R+43.7	25,950	R+21.0%
FRANKLIN	R+31.3	R+29.0	R+40.6	26,510	R+30.9%
MONTGOMERY	R+31.4	R+26.8	R+28.9	207,295	R+30.3%
PIKE	R+32.3	R+39.1	R+43.1	5,351	R+8.0%
MCKEAN	R+32.5	R+27.5	R+38.8	10,818	R+8.2%
DAUPHIN	R+32.6	R+21.4	R+23.4	64,704	R+35.1%
SUSQUEHANNA	R+36.2	R+29.5	R+40.4	11,864	R+9.7%
PERRY	R+37.8	R+34.5	R+43.3	10,373	R+32.7%
CHESTER	R+38.3	R+32.3	R+40.6	85,012	R+29.3%
CUMBERLAND	R+40.6	R+31.8	R+39.2	50,534	R+33.6%
WYOMING	R+43.5	R+34.4	R+48.2	7,537	R+11.7%
WAYNE	R+45.8	R+40.6	R+51.9	9,674	R+13.5%
LANCASTER	R+46.0	R+42.0	R+51.7	81,843	R+19.0%
BRADFORD	R+48.8	R+32.1	R+45.8	14,355	R+20.5%
TIOGA	R+49.3	R+32.5	R+44.2	11,235	R+19.0%
SNYDER	R+51.0	R+49.2	R+57.8	8,398	R+21.7%
UNION	R+51.1	R+40.1	R+47.7	8,094	R+17.8%

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County Results (67 counties)

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