Operation Chaos Produces Surge in Democrat Registration in Pennsylvania

This item at the Politico completely misses the obvious reason why there's been a huge increase in Democrat registrations.

According to the Secretary of State’s office, since January about 217,000 new voters have registered for the April 22 primary, the vast majority of whom signed up as Democrats.

In Philadelphia, by far the state’s largest city, more than 12,000 new Democrats were added to the rolls in the final week before the March registration deadline, compared to just 509 Republicans.

That statewide Democratic surge has been accompanied by a flood of party-switching. More than 178,000 voters have changed their party status since January — and the Democrats have captured 92 percent of those voters.

In Delaware County, a Philadelphia suburb once home to a storied Republican machine, nearly 14,000 voters have switched their party affiliation to Democratic since January compared to just 768 who became Republicans.

It's acknowledged there's a large number of Republicans crossing over to vote in the Democrat primary, but they refuse to say why.

It sure as hell isn't a bunch of Republicans who magically woke up one morning and decided they're Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton fans.