April 18, 2008
Historic High
A record number of Pennsylvanians have registered to vote in the April 22 primary, according to the PA Department of State.
The agency today announced a final tally of 8,328,123 registered voters. That is a record for a state primary election. The overall record for any election remains the 2004 general election when 8,366,663 -- or 38,540 more -- Pennsylvanians were registered to vote.
“It is unprecedented for a primary election in Pennsylvania, and it is very exciting to see so many people want to participate in the electoral process,” Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés said in a statement released by his office.
Since January, 218,923 new voters have registered. Of those, 152,775 registered Democratic and 40,195 registered Republican.
Also since January, 164,026 registered voters changed their affiliation to Democratic and 14,887 changed to Republican. (Pennsylvania’s voter registration form does not require the registrant to specify from which party they are changing.)
Geographically, the highest numbers of voter registration statistics came from Allegheny and Philadelphia counties; the lowest came from Forest and Cameron counties. By age group, the highest numbers of registered voters are between the ages of 45 and 54; the lowest are between 18 and 24 years old.
Posted at 05:09 PM
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