According to newly released information, the Democratic Party lost approximately 2.1 million registered voters across 30 states and Washington, D.C. between the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. According to an analysis from the New York Times, using data from the L2 tracking firm, Republicans gained 2.4 million voters, resulting in a net shift of 4.5 million voters during the same time frame.
For context, this is a seismic shift, decreasing the Democratic registration advantage from 11 percent to only 6. While the trend was nationwide, states like Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, which Trump handily won in 2024, were especially dramatic.
Additionally, even deep blue states like New York and California, with 305,922 and 680,556 voters lost, respectively, saw significant decreases. In North Carolina, Democrats lost 115,523 voters, while Republicans gained over 140,000, flipping the registration advantage in favor of the GOP.
Reacting to this trend, Michael Pruser, director of data science at Decision Desk HQ, said this was a potentially fatal flaw in the DNC. He stated, “I don’t want to say, ‘the death cycle of the Democratic Party,’” adding, “but there seems to be no end to this.” Continuing his analysis, he painted a dim picture of the 2028 election, noting, “There is no silver lining or cavalry coming across the hill. This is month after month, year after year.”
As we reported, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced on August 5, 2025, that the Department of Justice will begin cracking down on “race-based gerrymandering,” which has allowed blue states to boost their power in the House artificially. This puts the Democrats in an even more precarious position.
Starting her comments, Dhillon explained how this move ties in to a broader plan within the DOJ to ensure that American elections are free and fair. She said, in a video announcement, “Our constitutional duty is to protect the right to vote for all Americans. Sixty years ago, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to confront the brutal reality that too many Americans were being denied their rightful access to the ballot.”
Building out her elegant argument, she connected the decision to historical laws that govern voting districts. She explained, “The Voting Rights Act came at a critical time in our nation’s history, and was the catalyst of necessary change. This landmark law removed barriers to voting. It outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests and gave the federal government the tools to stop discriminatory barriers at the ballot box.”
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Concluding her comments, Dhillon listed out examples of how the DOJ secures our elections. She stated, “We have sued jurisdictions such as North Carolina for not registering voters properly by first verifying their eligibility. We have notified Texas of grave concerns about congressional districts drawn with racial motivations, and we are suing other jurisdictions where there is evidence of ineligible voters on their voter rolls. Our job is to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. On this anniversary, we honor the Voting Rights Act, not just by remembering it, but by enforcing it for all Americans, and that’s my promise to you.”