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Pennsylvania Has Fewest Registered Democrats in a Decade

Pennsylvania Has Fewest Registered Democrats in a Decade
A woman holds her 8-month-old son while casting her vote at the Trucksville United Methodist Church polling station during the 2018 Pennsylvania Primary Election in Trucksville, Pa., on May 15, 2018. Mark Makela/Getty Images
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
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Monday was the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania’s Nov. 2 general election. As of Monday afternoon, Pennsylvania had 3,417,781 registered Republicans and 4,024,275 registered Democrats. That is the lowest number of registered Pennsylvania Democrats in a decade.

Registered Democratic voters peaked in 2012 during the Barrack Obama vs. Mitt Romney presidential race, then numbering 4,266,317. Compared to today, there are 242,042 fewer Democratic voters registered for Nov. 2.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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