Talk:Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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The description of the county as politically very conservative is rather outdated. It went for Kerry by 14 points this time. It went for Rendell by 32 points in 02. It went for Gore by 11 in 2000. Another sign of changing demographics: in 2000, Santorum, a very conservative Republican, won the county by 10 points. In 04, Specter, a much more moderate Republican actually from the Philly suburbs, won it by only 8. So clearly the region is, like many other traditionally Republican suburban areas, nowhere near being a safe Republican county anymore, and seems to be becoming more and more Democratic. john k 00:06, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] How does Aston Township relate to Chester?
An old Who's Who lists Isaac Dutton Bernard as being born in Aston Township. His wikipedia page says he's from Chester, Pennsylvania. Have the boundaries changed over time or something? Badbilltucker 18:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bala-Cynwyd is Not in Delaware County
The sentence in the Media section about television studios in Bala-Cynwyd doesn't belong here, since they're in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. --Luciuskwok 20:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Official Names of Two of the School Districts?
I noticed that two of the school districts are listed with the word "Delco" in their names. I've lived in the Philadelphia area 20 years now, although all of this time has been spent in a suburban area on the other side of the city from Delaware County. I've seen references to Penn-Delco School District and Southeast Delco School District in the Philadelphia Inquirer, just as I've often seen the name "Delco" as an abbreviation for the county's name in headlines in this paper and elsewhere.
Is the word "Delco" in the name of either of these school district official? If so, was there ever a time when the name "Delaware County" was spelled out in either of them before eventually being changed to just "Delco"? If the name of either school district contains "Delaware County" instead of "Delco", this should be noted here (and also in its own Wikipedia entry) with a notation that it is popularly called by the form of the name that contains "Delco". RSLitman 20:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
- Check out http://www.pdsd.org/ and http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Reports/School/schSoutheastDelcoSD040506.pdf -- this is the official web page of the one district, and a state government audit report of the other district. Both evidently do indeed officially use the word "Delco" in their names. Spikebrennan 02:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
