According to new data from Decision Desk, GOP voter registration in Pennsylvania vastly outpaced Democrats in July.

Approximately 21,000 Republicans signed up to vote in the Keystone State in the month of July, whereas Democrats tallied about 5,000 registrations.

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Newsweek reports:

The data also shows that since November 2020, the number of Democrats registered to vote in the state has decreased by more than 320,000. Meanwhile, the number of Republicans registered to vote has also dropped, but by a much smaller margin, with 1,400 fewer voters since 2020.

Pennsylvania is among the 30 states, including the swing states of North Carolina, Nevada, and Arizona, which register voters by requiring a political party designation. If voters refuse to choose a party, they will remain unaffiliated.

Overall, three million fewer people are registered to vote now compared to November 2020, when there were 121 million registrations, according to Decision Desk HQ. The drop is unsurprising given that The National Voting Rights Act (NVRA) allows states to conduct voter roll clean-ups between elections.

However, Decision Desk HQ data shows a discrepancy in the drop in registered voters between the parties, with the Democrats losing 3.5 million registered voters nationally, while the Republicans have gained 141,000 registered voters.

Florida, once considered the most important swing state, has approximately one million more registered Republicans than Democrats.

Many people now consider the Sunshine State deep-red territory.

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Newsweek noted that Republican voter registrations outpace Democrat registrations in 28 of the 30 states that require voters to register with a party.

The tally didn't include Colorado and California.

The Gateway Pundit labeled the GOP voter registration surge in Pennsylvania 'The Scott Presler Effect.'

"Yes, we are making progress in Pennsylvania, but don’t slow down for a gosh darn second. I need more help registering new Republican voters across Pennsylvania," Presler said.

Pennsylvania Capital-Star noted:

Just three weeks ago, Pennsylvania Republicans were cruising along as they continued to eat into the Democratic Party’s registration advantage in the Keystone State. Of course, that last voter registration update happened to be published right after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris.

So, ahead of next week’s Democratic National Convention, we wanted to take a first look at whether Harris’ ascension caused any noticeable change in the numbers. As you can see in the map above, some of the commonwealth’s bluest counties are finally starting to get excited about this presidential contest.

Before we get into that, though, let’s take a quick look at the overall numbers. Pennsylvania Democrats were able to reverse their slide – they lost 2,214 registrants between April and July for instance – and actually added 11,650 registrants in the past three weeks.

On the other hand, over that same period of time Republicans collected 16,425 registrants while Independent and third parties brought in 11,871.

As a result, the Democratic Party’s statewide advantage continued to shrink, from 360,982 to 356,207.

"When President Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016, there were 916,000 more registered democrats than Republicans. Today, that lead has been narrowed to 356,000. Last year, we flipped Beaver County. This year, we flipped Bucks & soon will be Luzerne," Presler said.

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