Pennsylvania governor predicts Biden win in state: ‘Things are different now’

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) predicted on Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will win his state, saying that “things are different” than they were in 2016.

Wolf told CNN’s “State of the Union” that “anything’s possible” on Election Day, which looms two days away, but he noted that he thinks the former vice president will win the Keystone State.

“Anything’s possible, but I think Joe Biden’s gonna win,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper. 

“Things are different now,” Wolf said. “They just feel different than they did back in 2016.”

“There are a lot of Biden signs all over places that there never were Hillary signs back in 2016,” he said, referring to 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. “So I think Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are going to do quite well in Pennsylvania.”

The RealClearPolitics average in Pennsylvania shows Biden with a 4 percentage point lead over President Trump in what’s expected to be a tight race that could ultimately determine the winner of the election. 

The Pennsylvania governor was responding to a tweet from Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), who posted a picture of the crowd for a Trump rally Saturday.

“The President is popular in PA,” Fetterman posted. “I don’t care what polls say.”

The President is popular in PA.

I don’t care what polls say.

With 700K ballots still out there, you need to BANK YOUR BALLOT.

Use a Dropbox.

Get them in. https://t.co/YANdwqbdYG

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) October 31, 2020

The president has held several rallies in Pennsylvania over the past week, gathering huge crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic, including a trio last Monday in Allentown, Lititz and Martinsburg.

Trump won the state in 2016, which experts said got him to the White House along with victories in Wisconsin and Michigan.