Among those currently eligible to cast a ballot, some 129,000 new Pennsylvania voters have joined the GOP since November. But Democrats, aided by a heated primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, have added 172,000.
In a state of 8.4 million voters, the data show, the so-called Trump Effect appears to be a wash.
“I believe you’ll find it’s not happening,” voting demographer Ruy Teixeira of the left-leaning Center for American Progress said of any big surge sparked by Trump…
Bozzuto’s count also shows this year’s Republican gains are only a third the size of what Democrats managed in 2008 when Barack Obama became the first black president.
And while the GOP’s 52-county edge in new voters may seem impressive, the remaining 15 counties – including the most populous statewide – are pivotal to presidential victory.
There, Democrats have welcomed 64,000 more new voters than Republicans. In places like Philadelphia and its suburbs, and in Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, and Allentown.
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