In the two years since high voter turnout of the election that made Barack Obama the President of the United States new figures released show that the numbers of registered Pennsylvania Democrats is down 3.9 percent and Republicans are down 3.7 percent.
Monday was the last day Pennsylvanians could register to vote in the upcoming November 2 mid-term elections. Many voter registration offices were open late Monday to accommodate late comers but officials from the Pennsylvania Department of State report new voter registration was light which was to be expected for a mid-term election year.
Experts explain that the majority of people that care about politics are already registered and are not waiting until the last minute.
Also experts reported that 2008 was a different type of election year with special interest groups rallying at high schools and college campuses to get young people to register where as this year most candidates are not focusing on the youth, as both parties campaigns did in 2008.
Larry Sabato, the Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia told Philly.com that most mid-term elections are not decided by casual voters but by the voters who are the parties’ base and come out to vote every year.
In November 2008 Pennsylvania had 8.75 million register voters, this year the number is close to 8.45 million voters.
On Tuesday, November 2 of this year those who do vote will select a new state governor, U.S. Senator, state Senator and state representative.
For more information on voting visit VotesPA.com.
Tom Sofield (tsofield@buxmontnews.com)
Online Editor
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