The Times Herald in Norristown is reporting today that Democrats continue to gain in voter registration numbers over their Republican counterparts in what had been one of the most dominant GOP counties in Pennsylvania.
Of the 6,992 newly registered voters since the May primary elections, 3,208 registered as Democrats, while 1,958 registered Republican. That pattern has been repeated in Montgomery County for most of the past decade.
The number of registered Republicans in Montgomery County is 247,766, compared to 217,052 Democrats.
Montgomery County GOP Chairman Ken Davis could offer no explanation for the continuing resurgence of the Democratic Party under his watch other than to blame President Bush.
"We will have to live with this for another year," Davis told The Times Herald.
Davis is in his third year as party chairman. He told the newspaper he needs more time to turn things around. A few more years under Davis' leadership and the Republican Party will be the minority party in the county. There was no mention in The Times Herald article of Bob Asher, who pulls Davis' strings.
Read the full story by reporter Margaret Gibbons at the newspaper's Web site, www.timesherald.com
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