GOP loses majority in two PA counties...Yippee! I'm not alone any more!

[Lobster Martini]

(LM: This is noteworthy because, for as long as I can remember, you could walk into the room, swing a ferret at everyone waiting in line to vote, and not hit a Democrat. (Don’t ask about the ferret. It was the first thing I thought of.) This is from the Philadelphia Inky.

GOP loses 2 more county registration majorities

For the first time in the history of Chester and Delaware Counties, the Republican Party cannot claim the majority of registered voters, having been supplanted by a combination of Democrats, independents, and other party affiliations.

According to data released this week by the state Bureau of Elections, the number of Republicans on the rolls in Chester County is 147,257. All other registered voters total 158,886; of those, 111,916 are in the Democratic column.

In Delaware County, other parties outnumber the GOP, 193,858 to 189,386. The Democratic tally is 154,707 - cause for jubilation among party leaders.

"The impetus for this whole thing was the primary," said Cliff Wilson, chairman of the Delaware County Democratic Committee. "It is the historic nature of the candidates that has done this."

The changes in the two counties were not as dramatic as those in Montgomery and Bucks Counties, which have gone majority Democrat after decades as Republican bailiwicks.

Still, the shifts are significant. Since the November election, Chester County has added 19,599 Democratic registrants and lost 3,020 Republican voters. Delaware County has gained 21,924 Democrats and lost 7,620 Republicans.

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(Link: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/philadelphia/20080409_GOP_loses_2_more_county_registration_majorities.html)

[AlinPA]

1. I hope the registrations are not the "Limbaugh" type. I've heard locally (Pittsburgh)

that a lot have switched only to vote for Clinton to "mess it up" and have been urged to do it by the right-wing slob Honsberger on KDKA, a 50,000 watt station.

[TheWraith]

3. I'd say, look at the numbers.

Out of 20,000, the same county lost 3K Republicans. In 22k, they lost 7.5k Repubs. Obviously not all of those are disruptors, but you can safely bet that the disruptor count is no more than that number.

[TheWraith]

2. I love the ferret line.

But then, I'm nuts for anything that involves ferrets, or strange animal metaphors.

[acmavm]

4. Well if these people are really switching because they've come

to realize that republicans really are a party of shit-heads I hope KKKarl is paying attention. He was going to establish a republican thousand year reich if I remember correctly.

Or something close to Prescott's buddy Adolf's dream of ruling into forever.