Democrats pick up voters in Pennsylvania and North Carolina ….
For the November election?
Democrats will need to get their party people to actually COME OUT and VOTE…
For nearly the entire year, more people had been registering as Republicans than as Democrats when signing up to vote in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, two battleground states that use party registration and that release this data regularly.
There was a big spike in G.O.P. registrations in both states the week of July 14, during the Republican National Convention, which came days after Mr. Trump survived an assassination attempt. In Pennsylvania, more voters registered as Republicans than in any single week since 2020.
But the following Sunday, President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Ms. Harris. In the week that followed, Democratic registrations surged. For the first time this year, weekly Democratic registrations outnumbered Republican registrations in North Carolina. In Pennsylvania, it was the largest Democratic margin in new registrations since late 2023….
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For much of this year in North Carolina, women had made up roughly 50 percent of new unaffiliated registrants. That share jumped to 55 percent in the week immediately after Mr. Biden dropped out. The proportion of registrants under 30 rose to 48 percent that week, up from about 43 percent in the weeks before.
First-time registrants are typically younger and lean left, which means Democrats have historically enjoyed the lead in new voter registration. But since 2020, Republicans have performed unusually well in registrations across the country, according to data from L2, a nonpartisan voter data vendor.
The share of new voters signing up with the Democratic Party has declined in the last few years in other states, like Florida. And even in states where Democrats greatly outnumber Republicans in new registrations, such as New York and Maryland, the percentage of voters registering as Democrats has been falling.
The Democratic gains in Pennsylvania and North Carolina may endure, or they may not last. But they are a bright spot for a party that has seen its success with new voters slipping away…..
Note…
In the CURRENT polling Democrats LEAD in Pennsylvania and trail slightly in North Carolina….