The Pennsylvania Department of State released new voter registration numbers this week.
While registered Democrats hold a commanding lead over registered Republicans in Pennsylvania (4.4 million vs. 3.2 million), tbe number that jumps out at you is the fact that the Democratic Party has lost 100,000 voters since November.
Is this the Obama factor at play? Are people realizing the huge mistake they made by electing Obama?
Read more about the state's voter registration numbers in The Pottstown Mercury.
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From The Mercury article you reference:
"Voter registration totals typically decline after general elections, as standard list maintenance results in removal of voters who have died or moved to other districts, said Department of State spokesman Charlie Young.
Democratic ranks fell by about 100,000 since November, to 4.4 million, while Republican numbers were down 70,000, to 3.2 million. Independents totaled 1 million, down by about 20,000."
It appears that based on the number of total voters in each party, the percentage of registered voters lost was roughly the same in each party. This is a more valid and appropriate measure of any disproportionate atrophy in the voter rolls than the use of an absolute number. As for your questions concerning the cause of this decrease (which does actually seem to be explained sufficiently by Charlie Young), I would reference you to the latest job approval ratings for Pres. Obama and submit those as evidence that there doesn't seem to a significant erosion of support for the president.
The Obama approval rating is misleading. While most Democrats approve of his job performance, only 27 percent of Republicans believe he is doing a good job. That's the largest partisan gap since polls began measuring approval by party in the 1970s. The Kool Aid drinkers still support Obama, but the rest of the country sees through the illusion.
For more on the Pew survey on Obama's approval ratings, see my earlier post at http://tonyphyrillas.blogspot.com/2009/04/poll-obama-approval-rating-among.html
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