When you're considering these numbers, remember that Kerry carried Pennsylvania in 2004 by 144,000 votes:
State registration numbers show that since last November, the Democratic Party has gained a whopping 111,227 new voters. In that same time frame, the Republican Party lost 13,391 people from its ranks.
Perhaps even more alarming for the state GOP: Since the beginning of the year, 57,651 residents who were already registered voters - either Republicans, independents, or in any other party - switched to become Democrats. In contrast, only 10,754 already-registered voters filed party-change applications to become Republicans.
Whether it's disillusion with Bush, excitement over the primary race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, or a deeper shift in sentiment among Pennsylvania voters, registration numbers for Democrats have surged over the last few months. ...
The most recent statewide registration numbers show a huge uptick in registrations since the beginning of the month, when it became clear that Pennsylvania's primary was going to matter.
In the week beginning March 3, 8,674 people switched parties to become Democrats. The next week, 22,174 people switched parties to become Democrats - 8,100, about 36 percent of them, from Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties.
So the second week was almost triple the first week. I think this, the third and final week, you'll see it more than triple that.
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