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July 8, 2022 | 4:15 PM

Registered Democrats switching to Republican party in big numbers

About 430,000 voters have switched from Democrat to Republican compared to 240,000 who changed from Republican to Democrat over the past year.

By Scott LaMar/WITF
February 1, 2021 | 5:47 AM

Spurred by the Capitol riot, thousands of Republicans drop their party

The number of people changing parties spiked immediately after the Capitol breach. The same phenomenon is playing out nationwide. News outlets documented about 6,000 defections from the party in North Carolina, 10,000 in Pennsylvania and 5,000 in Arizona.

By Andrew Kenney/CPR
January 12, 2021 | 5:10 AM

Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol insurrection

In the 36 hours after last week’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, 112 Republicans reached out to the election office in Lancaster County, to change their party registration.

By Marc Levy, Thomas Beaumont and Nicholas Riccardi/The Associated Press

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