One million voters now separate the Democratic Party from the Republican Party, according to voter registration statistics released today by the Pennsylvania Department of State.
The figures show the ranks of registered Democrats continued to swell in the week after the state's registration deadline passed, as swamped voter registration offices across the state continued to process stacks of new voter registrations and changes to party affiliation in advance of the April 22 primary.
Last week, elections workers processed new voter registrations for almost 54,000 people -- more than the population of Harrisburg. Of those, Democrats accounted for about 44,000, or slightly more than the population of Wilkes-Barre. About 28,000 registered voters switched to the Democratic Party, compared to 779 who switched to the Republicans.
Compared to the last election, in the fall, the state has about 307,000 more Democrats and 58,000 fewer Republicans.
