Counties · Lehigh Valley & Berks
Berks County
Berks has 275,614 registered voters as of Oct 19, 2026, 3.0% of the state's roll. Republicans lead by 13,271, up from 9,836 at the November 2024 election. The scenario model groups it with 3 other counties as “Lehigh Valley & Berks.”
Registered now
275,614
All parties, Oct 19, 2026
Republican lead
13,271
D 38.0% · R 42.9% of the roll
Since Nov 2024
−1,216
−0.4% from 276,830
Inactive
8.2%
252,931 active, 22,683 inactive
Registration by party
Since Nov 2024 the Republican share here held at 42.9% and the Democratic share fell from 39.4% to 38.0%.
Now (Oct 19, 2026)
- Democrats 38.0%
- Republicans 42.9%
- Other and no party 19.1%
May 2026 primary
- Democrats 38.1%
- Republicans 43.2%
- Other and no party 18.7%
Nov 2024 election
- Democrats 39.4%
- Republicans 42.9%
- Other and no party 17.7%
| When | Dem | Rep | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now (Oct 19, 2026) | 104,862 | 118,133 | 52,619 | 275,614 |
| May 2026 primary | 104,175 | 118,141 | 51,059 | 273,375 |
| Nov 2024 election | 109,012 | 118,848 | 48,970 | 276,830 |
Republicans lead by 13,271, down from 13,966 at the May primary.
Turnout, 2014–2024
In 2022, 57.9% of Berks's registered voters cast a governor vote, 2.5 points below the state. In 2024 it was 75.8%, 0.8 points below the state.
- Berks
- Statewide
Results by year
Shapiro carried Berks by 4.2 points in 2022, and Trump by 12.2 in 2024. Democrats carried it in 3 of 6 elections and Republicans in 3.
| Election | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Other | Margin | Registered | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 governor | Wolf | 51,840 (51%) | Corbett | 50,005 (49%) | 0 | Wolf +1.8 | 246,433 | 41.3% |
| 2016 president | Clinton | 78,437 (43%) | Trump | 96,626 (53%) | 8,002 | Trump +9.9 | 259,800 | 70.5% |
| 2018 governor | Wolf | 76,136 (53%) | Wagner | 65,756 (46%) | 2,534 | Wolf +7.2 | 256,617 | 56.3% |
| 2020 president | Biden | 92,895 (45%) | Trump | 109,736 (53%) | 2,909 | Trump +8.2 | 272,244 | 75.5% |
| 2022 governor | Shapiro | 78,757 (51%) | Mastriano | 72,185 (47%) | 3,876 | Shapiro +4.2 | 267,337 | 57.9% |
| 2024 president | Harris | 91,125 (43%) | Trump | 116,677 (56%) | 2,036 | Trump +12.2 | 276,830 | 75.8% |
What Garrity needs here
On the smallest uniform path to a statewide tie, Garrity needs 53.7% of the ballot in Berks. That is 7.1 points more than Mastriano won in 2022, and 1.9 points below Trump's 2024 share.
Mastriano 2022
46.6%
Wagner 2018 45.5% · Corbett 2014 49.1%
Trump 2024
55.6%
Share of the presidential ballot
Tie-path target
53.7%
55.1% of the two-party vote
Gain over Mastriano
+7.1 pts
Share of the ballot
Net votes needed
+22,550
Over a 2022 replay, 2.8% of the statewide gap
In 2022 Shapiro won Berks by 6,572 votes. At the target, on about 159,611 ballots at 2022 turnout on today's roll, Garrity would carry the county by 15,774 votes. That is 22,550 net votes better for her than a 2022 replay on the same roll.
How turnout is measured
Turnout is votes in the top race divided by registered voters. The top race is governor in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and president in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The state's returns files have no total-ballots count, so this undercounts by the roughly 1% who skip the top race.
The state's own 2024 count of people who voted in Berks is 211,486, against 209,838 presidential votes.
A turnout rate can rise because the roll shrank, not because more people voted. That did not happen to a large degree here: no four-year span saw the roll fall 5% or more while votes held within 3%. Warren is the clearest case statewide: 20,650 presidential votes in 2020 and 20,723 in 2024 on a roll that fell from 31,431 to 26,871.