Overall, the Republican Party has gained 100,000 new registered voters in Pennsylvania, knocking the Democrats’ lead of 913,017 down to 808,974. That number includes 31,000 new registered Republicans in Philadelphia. Yes, Philadelphia.
Last year, pollsters were convinced Pennsylvania would swing blue. Evidence of Trump signs — the kind of placards made by Moyer, which dotted rural counties all over the state — was dismissed as anecdotal, not proper scientific data. But Trump’s victory upended that narrative.
Is this switch in party affiliation another sign the polls are missing? Hard to say for certain. But you would think this time it should not be ignored. “I suppose the best way to sum this up is that [with] voters on both sides, sentiments have not shifted, but the resentment towards each other has. Our misunderstanding of each other has deepened,” said Moyer.
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