Lackawanna Dems ranked 2nd and Repubs 8th for NEPA for Primary Voting

Clarks Summit PA

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Turnout numbers from the ’22 primary have been posted by the Secretary of State! Here’s a couple noteworthy findings. The ten counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania are fairly evenly split among registered Democrats (299K) and Republicans (311K). However, 8.8% more Republicans (39.2%) than Democrats (30.4%) voted in May. This is consistent with the conventional wisdom that Republicans tend be a bit older and more reliable voters. Also, there is that an enthusiasm gap for the party out of power. Still, well over half of folks in both parties did not vote so lots of room for improvement in November! The pattern gets more interesting when broken down by county. Democrats in Lackawanna were only second to Sullivan and were 4.9% above NEPA as a whole. On the other-hand, Lackawanna Republicans ranked eighth in the were a tad (1.6%) below NEPA. Lackawanna and Luzerne make up almost three-fifths (58.4%) of registered Democrats but only two-fifths (41.7%) of registered Republicans. I’ve only lived in NEPA for six years so am still trying to figure out the nuances between different counties. The general urban-rural distinction is pretty clear though. What are the other key differences? Disclaimer: I tried to be very careful when entering these numbers. The total number of votes were based on who voted for Senate candidates and may be slightly different based on other races. The Republican numbers are not based on the recount although suspect that information would have a very modest impact. The horizontal dashed line is the percentage voting for each party. There are different ways to define the boundaries of NEPA. Ten seemed like a nice round number (sorry Carbon!).