(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) The Republican Party in Pennsylvania has been registering unprecedented numbers of disaffected Democrats in advance of the 2022 midterms, according to a report in Reuters.
In a “warning sign for Democrats,” Republicans have registered such voters “at four times the rate that Democrats are making the reverse conversion,” Reuters reported.
The seismic shift has caused “the long-held Democratic advantage” in the state “to narrow” ahead of what “is on pace to be the smallest in a general election since 2005.”
“I just got fed up and just felt like there has to be a better way,” one former Democrat told Reuters.
“This is bad news for the Democrats,” Kevan Yenerall, a political scientist at Clarion University, said.
Voters told Reuters that they had become disappointed by the Biden administration’s economic failures — particularly its inaction on inflation — and the deference displayed by the Democrat Party itself toward woke activists.
“It’s not just inflation,” the political analyst Terry Madonna told Reuters. “I think it’s a combination of things.”
“The Democratic Party has become too extreme, gross, and weird for regular voters,” Townhall senior editor Matt Vespa Vespa wrote about developments in Pennsylvania.
“No one wants Critical Race Theory in schools. No one wants secret transgender clubs. No one wants the secret distribution of hormone blockers.”
“You people are friggin’ weird,” he continued. “And you’re even cannibalizing your own base with these academic and totally insane agenda items.”
Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled legislature has moved to consolidate the party’s gains by taking action to prevent “Zuckbucks” from swaying another election in the state, according to a report in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“GOP-controlled Legislatures in at least 28 states — including Pennsylvania — are considering banning all outside grant funding,” the Post-Gazette reported.
“If we do not close the door, these contributions will escalate from every direction,” Sen. Lisa Baker said. “Once this precedent becomes accepted, we will be playing a no-limits game.”
