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From The Hill: Democrats’ voter registration advantage has dropped in three key battleground states — Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada — raising a red flag for Vice President Harris as experts cite a lack of enthusiasm for the Biden administration brand and the Democratic Party, generally, as problems.
In Arizona, another key battleground state, Republicans have seen their voter registration advantage increase substantially, which could make it tougher for Harris to carry a state that President Biden narrowly won in 2020.
Other presidential battleground states, including Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin, do not register voters by party.
The shift in voter registration away from Democrats in Pennsylvania and North Carolina may explain why the Harris campaign has tacked to the center on issues such as fracking and tax policy.
In Nevada, Democrats have seen their voter registration advantage drop, though Harris, unlike those other states, maintains a clear lead over former President Trump in the polling averages.
The report quotes Berwood Yost, director of the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania, as explaining that from 2020 to 2024, “Democrats are down about 300,000 voters and Republicans are up about 70,000. Nonaffiliated independent voters are up about 83,000, 85,000 voters.”
Yost said declining Democratic voter registration in some parts of Pennsylvania is driven by “disenchantment with the party in power Washington.”
CNN recently had to admit that Democrats are in big trouble. WATCH:
My heart sings.
Let’s win Pennsylvania.
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) October 13, 2024
Scott Presler, a Republican activist who has been working like mad to register more Republican voters, especially in battleground states, wrote Sunday, “Why do I push Pennsylvania voter registration EVERY single day? I know that after October 21st — the deadline in PA — some people will contact me asking how to register. My goal is to make sure that everyone registers to vote & each of you can make your voices heard.”
Why do I push Pennsylvania voter registration EVERY single day?
I know that after October 21st — the deadline in PA — some people will contact me asking how to register.
My goal is to make sure that everyone registers to vote & each of you can make your voices heard.
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) October 13, 2024
🚨BREAKING: For the first time in North Carolina’s presidential election history, Republicans now outnumber Democrats in active voter registrations.
THIS IS HUGE!!
— Jack (@jackunheard) October 12, 2024
Just this week we saw big increases in Republican voter registration in California, while Democrat registration is falling.
Most of the Republican gains are among Latino voters – a great sign for the future of the GOP in California. pic.twitter.com/h4rGdRrEsl
— steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) October 12, 2024
Democratic voter registration raises red flags for Kamala Harris https://t.co/pRuh6Vhckn
— The Hill (@thehill) October 13, 2024
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