Did overturning Roe v. Wade lead to spike in new voters? It's complicated
Chris Ullery
Bethany Rodgers
Bucks County Courier Times

The Supreme Court ruling that kicked abortion rights back to the states in June might have also contributed to a spike of tens of thousands of new voters this summer, with Democrats seeing the biggest gains.

Nearly 30,000 new voters joined the rolls in June and another 24,655 voters followed in July, accounting for nearly 45% of current voters who registered in 2022, according to Pennsylvania Department of State voter registration data updated on Aug. 8. Of the 8.75 million total voters in the state, about 3.9 million, 45.7%, are Democrats and about 3.45 million, 39.5%, are Republicans.

Just over 10,000 of June’s new voters signed up the week immediately following the Dobbs ruling, with about 57% of those voters registering as Democrats, almost 20% joining as Republican and 26% choosing another party or no affiliation.