Posted on 09/12/2016 10:36:46 AM PDT by Ravi
11/6/12: D-4,266,317 voters; R-3,131,144 voters; UAF-1,110,554 voters
9/5/16: D-4,094,000 voters; R-3,175,000 voters; UAF-685,390 voters
(Excerpt) Read more at dos.pa.gov ...
The key here is “unaffiliated.” In OH, those are merely people who didn’t vote in the primary, so if they were Ds who didn’t vote in the primary, nothing is gained. But I don’t think PA has the same rules.
However, you’re right, this isn’t a big change, except that we’re looking at a still-large pool of “indies.”
However, I’ll take +216,000 net vs. a victory margin of 310,000 in 2012? Yeah, that means Trump only needs about 52% of indies to win.
Different than OH. When you register, you state which party you belong to or align with. Easy to pick party in PA unlike OH. And can change parties also relatively easily.
Registration deadline 10/11.
Just checked 2012 results. Victory margin was 287,000 for Obama.
I’m surprised UAF went down.
college kids? Just a hunch.
Actually, the more I look at this, it’s great. The massive loss of unaffiliated reflects PA population loss I’m guessing. Considering that Trump leads this group, I think PA looks pretty good.
We had quite a few unhappy campers who turned up to vote in our April primary who couldn't vote in the presidential contest as unaffiliated.
I read an article a couple of days ago that said the dems gained in the urban areas and the reps gained in rural, so it was a wash. There’s so much conflicting information out there.
Well these are statewide totals to takes urban/suburban/rural into account. Apples to apples comparison.
PA, in a small attempt to control voter fraud, requires the voter rolls to be periodically cleansed. That is to keep people who move a lot (or college students) from being registered multiple places in the state and voting more than once. They send you a copy of your voter registration to the address on the registration; if it comes back undeliverable or moved, they remove you from that counties registration.
UAF - the Ugandan Air Force has THAT many votes in PA? Damn, that’s a LOT of immigrants. :>)
:)
When is the last day to register in PA?
TY, my bad. Just saw your post.
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