Republican Party voter registrations have surpassed Democrats in Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County.
“Republicans account for 87,415 of the county’s 203,321 registered voters. Democrats account for 87,332 registered voters, which means the Republicans lead by 83 voter registrations in the county,” WFMZ reports.
The county also has 22,414 unaffiliated voters and 6,160 voters registered with third parties.
Scott Presler celebrated the milestone.
“WE DID IT! IT IS DONE! We flipped Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from [Democrat to Republican],” Presler said.
“This is monumental, earth-shattering, ground shaking news. Thank you to EVERY single volunteer that contributed to this victory!” he added.
WE DID IT!
IT IS DONE!
We flipped Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from
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This is monumental, earth-shattering, ground shaking news.
Thank you to EVERY single volunteer that contributed to this victory!
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) September 23, 2024
WFMZ reports:
Republicans have not held the registration edge in Luzerne County since 1970, according to state figures reported annually in the Pennsylvania Manual.
Democrats held the advantage in county voter registration for decades. However, that advantage has been on the decline since 2014 when it reached 47,322, with 111,233 Democrats and 63,911 Republicans registered to vote in that year’s primary election.
The Democrats had been ahead by 233 voter registrations in the county as of Sept. 16, but the totals released Monday put the Republicans ahead.
Local Republican activists have held voter registration drives recently, including earlier this month at the county fair.
BREAKING: We owe Scott Presler (@ScottPresler) and his team a special thanks for their hard work and dedication to flipping PA.
For the first time since 1970 Republicans hold the lead among registered voters in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania!
—
Larry
Luzerne County PA has flipped!!! Here’s the update county map by voter registration! pic.twitter.com/nqIYfVTdoB
— Keith
(@KeithbPa) September 23, 2024
Per WBRE Wilkes-Barre:
The demographics of the political shift are important to consider as well.
“Many Hispanic nationalities are prone more to accept the republican values system than they do democratic, home, family, work, work ethic, and religion and so forth, and in many cases, they’ve also come from countries that were left-leaning, socialist, dictatorships, and they don’t wanna see it here,” Dr. Sosar explained.
This shift is significant as both Trump and Vice President Harris have recently visited Luzerne County, highlighting its importance in the upcoming election and it also hints at another visit.
ADVERTISEMENT“One of the surrogates from either party come back to Wilkes-barre or in the greater Wilkes-barre area which would include your Scranton and Hazelton and all that, and you will see at least one more visit by each campaign because this area is so crucial,” Dr. Sosar added.
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