{"id":2331943,"date":"2024-08-27T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-cut-into-democratic-leads-in-pennsylvania-with-big-registration-numbers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T17:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:07:20","slug":"republicans-cut-into-democratic-leads-in-pennsylvania-with-big-registration-numbers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-cut-into-democratic-leads-in-pennsylvania-with-big-registration-numbers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans cut into Democratic leads in Pennsylvania with big registration numbers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-cut-into-democratic-leads-in-pennsylvania-with-big-registration-numbers-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331943&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u2062Pennsylvania, Republicans have\u2062 gained\u2062 momentum by registering more new\u2064 voters than\u200d Democrats in July,\u2064 with 19,127 registrations compared to the Democrats&#8217; 17,495. This increase occurred\u2064 amidst a significant event\u2064 in \u2063Republican \u200dpolitics\u2014a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-pm-survives-assassination-attempt-as-tensions-rise\/\" title=\"Iraqi PM Survives Assassination Attempt as Tensions Rise\">failed assassination attempt<\/a> on former President\u2062 Donald Trump during\u200b a campaign \u200brally. \u200cThe attempt strengthened party support as Republicans united in their backing of\u200d Trump, viewing his resilience as a rallying \u200dpoint. Although Democrats still lead in overall registrations by about 400,000,\u200c this gap has significantly decreased from previous years.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump&#8217;s\u200b and Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaigns \u2064are focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-democrats-push-reformed-voting-rights-laws\/\" title=\"Biden administration, Democrats push reformed voting rights laws\">increasing voter turnout<\/a> in a battleground state crucial for winning the presidency.\u200d Recent trends show a \u200dconsistent rise in Republican registrations since late 2023, while Democratic registrations have declined. In response, the \u200dHarris campaign is targeting rural areas\u2014where Democrats\u200b previously struggled\u2014to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-seeks-to-flip-the-script-on-candidate-quality-in-2024\/\" title=\"GOP aims to redefine &#039;candidate quality&#039; in 2024.\">avoid repeating past mistakes<\/a> that\u2062 contributed to \u2063losing the state in \u20632016.<\/p>\n<p>Local Democrats \u2064are aware of the challenge ahead, emphasizing the importance \u200bof rural voters and addressing concerns about maintaining\u2062 support among key\u200b demographics, including Black voters. the political\u200b landscape in Pennsylvania is dynamic, reflecting the ongoing rivalry and strategies of both parties as they prepare for the \u2062upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans cut into Democratic leads in Pennsylvania with big registration numbers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708335\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> Republicans registered more new voters than Democrats in July, a month when former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> narrowly survived an assassination attempt in the battleground state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republicans\">Republicans<\/a> added 19,127 new voters to their rolls last month, compared to the Democratic Party&rsquo;s 17,495, according to an <em>Axios<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/philadelphia\/2024\/08\/27\/pennsylvania-voter-registration-republican-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">gunman opened fire<\/a> on the former president during a Butler County rally on July 13. Far from dampening enthusiasm for the Trump campaign, Pennsylvanian Republicans projected energy and enthusiasm as they coalesced to support their party&rsquo;s leader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As soon as we saw him get up and raise his fist, we saw that as a call to action,&rdquo; Ed Sheppard, the chairman of communications for the Doylestown Republican Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/doylestown-republicans-rally-for-trump-in-the-wake-of-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> WHYY News a week after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That moment, I think, crystallized for a lot of Republicans exactly how hard he&rsquo;s fighting for us. And we now have to fight just as hard for him,&rdquo; Sheppard continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, after surviving an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both Trump&rsquo;s and Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s campaigns have geared up to increase voter turnout in Pennsylvania, a state that is widely viewed as crucial to winning the presidency this election cycle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>July&rsquo;s voter registration report isn&rsquo;t the first time Trump has nudged out Harris in Pennsylvania. Between November 2023 and April 2024, the number of new Republicans registering to vote consistently increased while Democrats&rsquo; new voter rolls declined, according to a <em>NOTUS<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/2024-election\/voter-registration-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats continue to hold an advantage of roughly 400,000 people in the state overall, but the number marks a significant drop from just over a decade ago when Pennsylvania had over 1 million more registered Democrats than Republicans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But the battle is far from over in a state President Joe Biden won by approximately 80,000 votes four years ago. Biden&rsquo;s narrow victory in 2020 came after Trump flipped it red during the 2016 presidential election. His surprise upset made him the first Republican presidential candidate to clinch a win in the Keystone State since 1988.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Sharif Street, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party&rsquo;s chairman, said his party lost the battleground state in 2016 because it didn&rsquo;t &ldquo;message out to rural Pennsylvania enough&rdquo; in recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/demstock-rural-pennsylvania-democrats-trump-election-rcna168137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>comments<\/a> to NBC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Street made the remarks as he vowed that Democrats wouldn&rsquo;t make the same mistake this election cycle. The Harris campaign has opened nine campaign offices this year in rural Pennsylvania counties that Trump carried by double digits in 2020, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Democratic event geared toward Pennsylvania&rsquo;s rural voters last weekend, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) noted the important role they played, calling them &ldquo;unsung heroes.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are the secret. Real power is in red counties with all of you,&rdquo; the Pennsylvania Democrat declared, telling the outlet later that winning Pennsylvania comes down to &ldquo;rooms like this.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks before Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) arrive at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo\/Joe Lamberti)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even as Fetterman fights to help lock in rural support for Harris in his home state, some of his colleagues worry that another key Democratic voting bloc is on shaky ground with the Harris camp.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The black vote is challenging right now,&rdquo; Democratic Pennsylvania state Rep. Gina Curry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/election-2024\/2024\/08\/21\/kamala-harris-black-voters-pennsylvania-polls-trump\/stories\/202408200109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the<em> Pittsburg Post-Gazette<\/em> last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/08\/10\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> in Pennsylvania indicates Trump holds significantly more support from black voters than past Republican presidential hopefuls. However, the head of BlackPAC, an organization mobilizing black voters for Harris in Pennsylvania, downplayed the polling data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have not seen any indication that black voters are en masse in any way moving toward Trump,&rdquo; Adrianne Shropshire told the outlet. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have any concern that we&rsquo;re seeing any racial political realignment right now. That&rsquo;s not what we&rsquo;re hearing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>National <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/pennsylvania\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> shows former President Donald Trump is in a dead heat with Vice President Kamala Harris to win the battleground state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1708335\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708335\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in Pennsylvania have made significant gains in voter registration, surpassing Democrats for the month of July. During this time, former President Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt while campaigning in the state. According to an Axios report, Republicans registered 19,127 new voters compared to 17,495 for Democrats. The incident occurred on July 13 during a rally in Butler County when a gunman opened fire on Trump. Instead of dampening enthusiasm for his campaign, Pennsylvania Republicans rallied around their leader with renewed energy. Ed Sheppard, communications chair for the Doylestown Republican Committee, remarked that Trump&#8217;s resilience inspired many Republicans to intensify their support.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump&#8217;s and Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaigns are actively working to boost voter turnout in Pennsylvania\u2014a key state for presidential elections. This recent surge in Republican registrations is not an isolated event; from November 2023 to April 2024, there was a consistent increase in new Republican voters while Democratic registrations declined according to NOTUS data. Although Democrats still maintain a lead of about 400,000 registered voters statewide\u2014down from over one million more than Republicans a decade ago\u2014the competition remains fierce after President Joe Biden&#8217;s narrow victory by approximately 80,000 votes four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Sharif Street acknowledged that the Democratic Party lost ground in rural areas during the last election cycle due to insufficient outreach and pledged not to repeat that mistake this time around. The Harris campaign has opened nine offices across rural counties that Trump won decisively in 2020 as part of its strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Senator John Fetterman emphasized the importance of rural voters at a recent Democratic event by calling them &#8220;unsung heroes&#8221; and asserting their critical role in winning Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts to secure support from rural communities for Harris\u2019s campaign, concerns remain regarding another vital voting demographic: Black voters. State Rep. Gina Curry expressed worries about maintaining Black voter support amid indications that Trump may be gaining traction with this group compared to previous Republican candidates. However, Adrianne Shropshire from BlackPAC downplayed these concerns and stated there is no evidence suggesting a significant shift toward Trump among Black voters at this time.<\/p>\n<p>National polling indicates that Trump is closely competing with Harris for votes within this battleground state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2331944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-pa.--scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,5836,3756,6431],"class_list":["post-2331943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-pennsylvania","tag-republicans","tag-voter-registration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-pa.--scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}