PA voter registration...new records

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For all of those who want to beat the drum the Democratic primary process is tearing up the party, it sure is not discouraging voters. In fact, this primary season has probably engaged party voters like never before.

We had a discussion the other day about getting out your base, the November election, and the sheer numbers. Which party is more engaged, more enthused, and will turn out in November? We've seen record attendance at rallies, we've seen record donations...and now this out of Pennsylvania:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04...atic/#more-4750

History is being made in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The four suburban counties have long been Republican strongholds, with more Republican voters than Democratic ones. The last time there were more Democrats than Republicans seems lost in the mists of time.

But a new day is here. Voter enrollment in both Montgomery and Bucks Counties has flipped from Republican to Democratic.

The registration deadline was March 24, and tens of thousands of new registrations flooded in, from both new voters and party switchers. Elections officials have been counting them since, and posting the changes in drips and drabs.

Today, the new tally in Bucks shows 185,413 enrolled Democrats, compared with 181,941 enrolled Republicans.

In Montgomery County, the new tally shows 245,209 Democrats, compared with 238,208 Republicans.

The two other big suburban counties, which remain Republican, are: Chester, where 147,257 voters are Republican compared with 111,919 Democrats; and Delaware, with 189,386 Republicans compared with 154,707 Democrats.

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Operation Chaos rolls on.

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Operation Chaos rolls on.

Sounds like democracy in action to me