Monday, Oct. 19, was the last day you could register to vote in this year’s presidential election. According to Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, over 56,000 people submitted online applications that day.

As of Oct. 19, based on records maintained by the Department of State, there are now 9,016,163 registered voters in the Commonwealth, consisting of 4,207,190 Democrats (46.66 percent), 3,506,337 Republicans (38.88 percent) and 1,302,636 others (14.44 percent).

In the last presidential race, there were 8,748,726 registered voters, consisting of 4,125,889 Democrats (47.15 percent), 3,376,463 Republicans (38.59 percent) and 1,246,374 (14.25 percent) others.

It’s still a Democratic plurality state, and Dems have increased their numbers, but Republicans have added more to their ranks.

In 2016 in Lehigh County, there were 109,353 Democrats, 78,062 Republicans and 37,293 others, for a grand total of 224,708 voters. Now there are 247,261 registered voters, consisting of 118,488 Democrats, 84,668 Republicans and 44,105 others. Lehigh Democrats have bucked the statewide trend, capturing 40.5 percent of the increase in voters to the Republicans’ 29.3 percent. Lehigh County is becoming bluer.

Northampton County, however, is becoming redder. In 2016, there were 98,929 Democrats, 73,638 Republicans and 39,026 others for a grand total of 211,593 registered voters. After four years of Donald Trump, there are now 225,649 registered voters, made up of 101,981 Democrats, 80,642 Republicans and 43,075 others. Republicans account for 49.7 percent of the increase in registration, while Democrats have only attracted 21.6 percent.

Pennsylvanians have returned 1,461,135 of 2,944,187 MIBs (mail-in ballots). This includes 31,242 of 84,139 MIBs in Lehigh County, and 52,827 of 80,219 MIBs in NorCo.

The 52,827 votes cast in NorCo is 36 percent of the voter turnout in 2016. In Lehigh, voters have already matched 19 percent of total voter turnout in 2016. The reason for the difference in returns between Lehigh and NorCo is that Lehigh’s ballots went out about a week after NorCo.

You can continue to vote in person at your local elections office up until 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3.