Pennsylvania voters have made nearly 30,000 party registration changes so far in 2021, and they differ significantly from the 1.69 million changes made from 2008 through 2020.
This year, 35% of changes are Republican registrants switching to third-party or independent, compared with what used to be just 9% of changes. An additional 29% of changes so far are Republicans switching to registering as Democrats, compared with 18% prior.