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Democrats Face a Voter Registration Crisis

Between 2020 and 2024, Democrats lost 2.1 million registered voters while Republicans gained 2.4 million, signaling a significant shift in party registration trends nationwide.

  • The New York Times reported Wednesday that between 2020 and 2024 the Democratic Party lost about 2.1 million registered voters while the Republican Party gained 2.4 million across 30 states that track party registration.
  • Republican Party ramped up voter-registration and ballot-harvesting drives after 2020, while Democrats relied on nonprofit registration groups, a tactic critics say failed to recruit committed Democratic registrants.
  • In Pennsylvania, Democrats' registration edge has shrunk from 517,310 in 2020 to 53,505 over the summer, while in North Carolina, Republicans gained more than 140,000 members, erasing the Democrats' registration advantage.
  • Analysts say the registration shift helped President Donald Trump win the 2024 election on Nov. 5 and poses headwinds for Democrats in next year’s midterms, Michael Pruser warned.
  • Experts warn that reversing the trend requires more than money, as identifying the registration problem is easier than fixing it and Democrats cannot simply revert to past minority-recruitment strategies due to Trump's coalition changes.
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Political Wire broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
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