Republicans now account for the majority of voters registered in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, according to Department of State data released Monday.

Luzerne County Republicans have not held the lead in registration since 1970, according to WFMZ-TV 69 News. The flip reflects the Pennsylvania Chase’s grassroots initiative and the ongoing political realignment under former President Donald Trump.

Luzerne County, known for being a major exporter of anthracite coal, is located in the northeast part of the state, just a few miles from Scranton, the birthplace of President Joe Biden.

Biden lost the county to Trump by about eight percentage points.

Before Trump, Luzerne County was a stronghold for Democrats for decades, but new data shows that Democrats finally lost their slim lead of 233 voter registrations on September 16, WFMZ-TV 69 News reported:

Republicans account for 87,415 of the county’s 203,321 registered voters. Democrats account for 87,332 registered voters, which means the Republicans lead by 83 voter registrations in the county.

There are 22,414 unaffiliated voters and 6,160 voters registered with third parties, according to the latest totals.

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Democrats held the advantage in county voter registration for decades. However, that advantage has been on the decline since 2014 when it reached 47,322, with 111,233 Democrats and 63,911 Republicans registered to vote in that year’s primary election.

More on the nation’s political realignment is here.

Wendell Husebo is a political reporter with Breitbart News and a former RNC War Room Analyst. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell on “X” @WendellHusebø or on Truth Social @WendellHusebo.