GOP loses 2 more county registration majorities--IN PA!

[Barack_America]

Holy shit! Delaware and Chester have ALSO gone blue. That makes ALL of Philly's surrounding counties! Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester...ALL BLUE!

Folks I can't even BEGIN to tell you what this means for Pennsylvania in the General Election. History shows that the candidate who carries these counties usually wins the state!

Amazing!

Okay, enough of my freak-out, here's the article:

GOP loses 2 more county registration majorities

By Nancy Petersen

Inquirer Staff Writer
For the first time in the history of Chester and Delaware Counties, the Republican Party cannot claim the majority of registered voters, having been supplanted by a combination of Democrats, independents, and other party affiliations.

According to data released this week by the state Bureau of Elections, the number of Republicans on the rolls in Chester County is 147,257. All other registered voters total 158,886; of those, 111,916 are in the Democratic column.

In Delaware County, other parties outnumber the GOP, 193,858 to 189,386. The Democratic tally is 154,707 - cause for jubilation among party leaders.

"The impetus for this whole thing was the primary," said Cliff Wilson, chairman of the Delaware County Democratic Committee. "It is the historic nature of the candidates that has done this."

The changes in the two counties were not as dramatic as those in Montgomery and Bucks Counties, which have gone majority Democrat after decades as Republican bailiwicks.

Still, the shifts are significant. Since the November election, Chester County has added 19,599 Democratic registrants and lost 3,020 Republican voters. Delaware County has gained 21,924 Democrats and lost 7,620 Republicans.

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