A county that was crucial to President Donald Trump's election has seen significant growth in Republican registrations since 2016.
's 2016 election. So much so that some political analysts think the county effectively handed Trump the presidency.
While the number of registered Democrats there remains greater, the local GOP has seen party registrations rise by more than 12 percent since Pennsylvania voters helped Trump clinch the White House.The Luzerne County Republican Party has added 9,081 registered voters in the four years since 2016, bringing their total to 83,197, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State Figures.By contrast, Democrats have lost 3,097 voters over the same period.
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