Partisan identification in the electorate

the Pennsylvania Department of State reports that there are approximately 4,000,000 (46%) registered Democrats, 3,450,000 (39%) registered Republicans, 911,000 (10%) registered unaffiliated, and 377,000 (4%) registered with other parties.The Pennsylvania Department of State has voter registration statistics in th
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Partisan affiliation of elected officials

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the

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* State Auditor General *

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: *

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* State House of Representatives * State delegation to the United States Senate * State delegation to the United States House of Representatives Pennsylvania currently has 20 electoral votes, as per the 2010 Census, based on their 18 seats in the

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and 2 United States Senators. The table below indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes for the years in which a

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was held. Following the 2020 Census, Pennsylvania lost one seat in the House of Representatives. As a result, starting with the general election of 2022 Pennsylvania will only send 17 members to the House. This also means that in the general election of 2024 Pennsylvania will have 19 electoral votes.

1777–1790

1791–1872

1873–1978

1978–present

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Political Party Strength In Pennsylvania Politics of Pennsylvania Government of Pennsylvania