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Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential campaign three weeks ago, polls and campaign finance data have shown how the race has changed. She has come from behind to build a small lead over former President Donald J. Trump in national polls and in several swing states, and she raised far more money than he did last month.
Now, new voter registration data in two swing states adds to the evidence that Ms. Harris’s candidacy has energized potential Democratic voters.
Who's Ahead in Weekly Voter Registrations More new voters had been registering as Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, but Kamala Harris’s candidacy has given Democrats a slight advantage in recent weeks. North Carolina Republicans Democrats Feb. 2024MayAug. +1,000+1,000+500+500+500 registrations+500 registrations Week of Biden dropout ▶ Pennsylvania Feb. 2024MayAug. +2,000+2,000+1,000+1,000+1,000 registrations+1,000 registrations undefined Week of the Republican convention ▶Note: Data adjusted to account for previous voters whose registrations were updated. Sources: North Carolina State Board of Elections; Pennsylvania Department of State.
For nearly the entire year, more people had been registering as Republicans than as Democrats when signing up to vote in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, two battleground states that use party registration and that release this data regularly.
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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTThere was a big spike in G.O.P. registrations in both states the week of July 14, during the Republican National Convention, which came days after Mr. Trump survived an assassination attempt. In Pennsylvania, more voters registered as Republicans than in any single week since 2020.
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But the following Sunday, President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Ms. Harris. In the week that followed, Democratic registrations surged. For the first time this year, weekly Democratic registrations outnumbered Republican registrations in North Carolina. In Pennsylvania, it was the largest Democratic margin in new registrations since late 2023.
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