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Many Switch Political Party Affiliation in Pennsylvania
posted 3:04 pm Fri March 07, 2008 - Harrisburg, PA
reporter: Andy Briggs
posted by: Seth Charles
One month ago, abc27 found that hundreds of voters had switched to the Democratic Party. That number is now in the thousands. There are two possible reasons for this. The first is that Hillary Clinton's primary wins in Ohio and Texas this week energized her campaign and put her back in the race against Barack Obama (web|news|bio) . The second possible reason is that the deadline to switch parties or register to vote is coming in two and a half weeks.
In Dauphin County, 1,100 voters switched to Democrat since January 1st. 163 of them doing so in the past 2 days.
In Lebanon County, 500 made the switch since January 1st. 10 percent of those did it this week.
In York County, 1,000 voters changed to become Democrat. 27 of them did so since Tuesday.
And in Cumberland County, 848 became Democrats since January 1st. 42 of them since Wednesday.
A few hundred switched to become Republicans, but those numbers pale in comparison to the Democrats.
The deadline to register or register for the Pennsylvania Primary is March 24th.
In Dauphin County, 1,100 voters switched to Democrat since January 1st. 163 of them doing so in the past 2 days.
In Lebanon County, 500 made the switch since January 1st. 10 percent of those did it this week. In York County, 1,000 voters changed to become Democrat. 27 of them did so since Tuesday.
And in Cumberland County, 848 became Democrats since January 1st. 42 of them since Wednesday.
A few hundred switched to become Republicans, but those numbers pale in comparison to the Democrats.
The deadline to register or register for the Pennsylvania Primary is March 24th.
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