By Danielle
According to new data from Decision Desk, GOP voter registration in Pennsylvania vastly outpaced Democrats in July.
Approximately 21,000 Republicans signed up to vote in the Keystone State in the month of July, whereas Democrats tallied about 5,000 registrations.
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Newsweek reports:
The data also shows that since November 2020, the number of Democrats registered to vote in the state has decreased by more than 320,000. Meanwhile, the number of Republicans registered to vote has also dropped, but by a much smaller margin, with 1,400 fewer voters since 2020.
Pennsylvania is among the 30 states, including the swing states of North Carolina, Nevada, and Arizona, which register voters by requiring a political party designation. If voters refuse to choose a party, they will remain unaffiliated.
Overall, three million fewer people are registered to vote now compared to November 2020, when there were 121 million registrations, according to Decision Desk HQ. The drop is unsurprising given that The National Voting Rights Act (NVRA) allows states to conduct voter roll clean-ups between elections.
However, Decision Desk HQ data shows a discrepancy in the drop in registered voters between the parties, with the Democrats losing 3.5 million registered voters nationally, while the Republicans have gained 141,000 registered voters.
Florida, once considered the most important swing state, has approximately one million more registered Republicans than Democrats.
Many people now consider the Sunshine State deep-red territory.