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Deminpenn

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13. In my area, many people were registered as Dems, but rarely voted that way
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:26 PM
Thursday

Now they''ve just aligned their registration with how they vote.

After the 2024 election, I looked at the registration by PA county and the most interesting stat was the number of voters who registered as independent. We have closed primaries, so if you want a primary vote, you have to be registered with a party.

We have to acknowledge the voters Trump pulled out, too, many of whom were first time or lapsed voters. IOWs, the "unlikely" voters. Time will tell if these voters continue to vote or not without Trump on the ballot. My guess is that they will not.

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