“All across Pennsylvania, the Republican message of individual freedom and economic opportunity is resonating with voters. While Democrats are begrudgingly holding a coronation for Hillary Clinton, our Republican candidates are drawing record viewership of the debates, and setting turnout records in the primaries. With the enthusiasm clearly on the side of Republicans, we are looking forward to putting a Republican in the White House, re-electing Senator Pat Toomey, and winning Republican races up and down the ballot.” — PA GOP Deputy Communications Director Paul Engelkemier.
In Wyoming County, Republicans Are Surging
The Wyoming County Director of Elections is “seeing a big swing toward the Republican Party.” (Jim Hamill, “Increase in Voter Registration Ahead of Primary,” WNEP, 2/29/16)
- Most of the 685 registration applications “most of those voters are going from Democrat to Republican or Independent to the Grand Ole Party.” (Jim Hamill, “Increase in Voter Registration Ahead of Primary,” WNEP, 2/29/16)
In Franklin County, Democrats Are Fleeing to the GOP
“As of Friday [March 4, 2016], 143 Democrats in Franklin County had joined Republican Ranks.” (Sherry Greenfield, “Some Tri-State voters switching parties before primaries,” Herald-Mail, 3/8/16)
- Along with the 143 Democrats switching to Republican, 78 unaffiliated voters became Republicans. (Sherry Greenfield, “Some Tri-State voters switching parties before primaries,” Herald-Mail, 3/8/16)
In Washington And Greene Counties, Republican Registrations Continue To Rise
“Since President Ronald Reagan’s re-election in 1984, the number of conservatives climbed. At that time, there were nearly 2.5 Democrats for every Republican, but the ratio now is closer to 1.5-to-1, said Spahr.” (Katie Andersen and Natalie Reid Miller “Voter registration, party changes on the rise,” Washington Observe-Reporter, 3/7/3016)
- The trend this year in both Washington and Greene Counties is the large “number of voters switching parties, mostly from Democrat to Republican. (Katie Andersen and Natalie Reid Miller “Voter registration, party changes on the rise,” Washington Observe-Reporter, 3/7/3016)
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