Counties · Rural rest
Forest County
Forest has 3,271 registered voters as of Oct 19, 2026, 0.0% of the state's roll. Republicans lead by 1,284, up from 1,224 at the November 2024 election. The scenario model groups it with 40 other counties as “Rural rest.”
Registered now
3,271
All parties, Oct 19, 2026
Republican lead
1,284
D 24.1% · R 63.4% of the roll
Since Nov 2024
+7
+0.2% from 3,264
Inactive
7.9%
3,014 active, 257 inactive
Registration by party
Since Nov 2024 the Republican share here rose from 62.9% to 63.4% and the Democratic share fell from 25.4% to 24.1%.
Now (Oct 19, 2026)
- Democrats 24.1%
- Republicans 63.4%
- Other and no party 12.5%
May 2026 primary
- Democrats 24.2%
- Republicans 63.6%
- Other and no party 12.2%
Nov 2024 election
- Democrats 25.4%
- Republicans 62.9%
- Other and no party 11.7%
| When | Dem | Rep | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now (Oct 19, 2026) | 789 | 2,073 | 409 | 3,271 |
| May 2026 primary | 773 | 2,032 | 390 | 3,195 |
| Nov 2024 election | 829 | 2,053 | 382 | 3,264 |
Republicans lead by 1,284, up from 1,259 at the May primary.
Turnout, 2014–2024
In 2022, 65.5% of Forest's registered voters cast a governor vote, 5.1 points above the state. In 2024 it was 81.2%, 4.6 points above the state.
- Forest
- Statewide
2020 to 2024: the roll shrank, not the vote. The roll fell 7.0% while president votes changed by only +0.2%. The turnout rate rose 5.8 points without more people voting.
Results by year
Mastriano carried Forest by 23.5 points in 2022, and Trump by 44.5 in 2024. Republicans carried it in all 6 elections.
| Election | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Other | Margin | Registered | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 governor | Wolf | 815 (50%) | Corbett | 820 (50%) | 0 | Corbett +0.3 | 3,284 | 49.8% |
| 2016 president | Clinton | 626 (26%) | Trump | 1,683 (70%) | 92 | Trump +44.0 | 3,330 | 72.1% |
| 2018 governor | Wolf | 746 (38%) | Wagner | 1,159 (60%) | 33 | Wagner +21.3 | 3,328 | 58.2% |
| 2020 president | Biden | 728 (28%) | Trump | 1,882 (71%) | 36 | Trump +43.6 | 3,508 | 75.4% |
| 2022 governor | Shapiro | 825 (38%) | Mastriano | 1,340 (61%) | 27 | Mastriano +23.5 | 3,345 | 65.5% |
| 2024 president | Harris | 724 (27%) | Trump | 1,902 (72%) | 24 | Trump +44.5 | 3,264 | 81.2% |
What Garrity needs here
On the smallest uniform path to a statewide tie, Garrity needs 70.2% of the ballot in Forest. That is 9.1 points more than Mastriano won in 2022, and 1.6 points below Trump's 2024 share.
Mastriano 2022
61.1%
Wagner 2018 59.8% · Corbett 2014 50.2%
Trump 2024
71.8%
Share of the presidential ballot
Tie-path target
70.2%
71.1% of the two-party vote
Gain over Mastriano
+9.1 pts
Share of the ballot
Net votes needed
+388
Over a 2022 replay, 0.0% of the statewide gap
In 2022 Shapiro lost Forest by 515 votes. At the target, on about 2,144 ballots at 2022 turnout on today's roll, Garrity would carry the county by 892 votes. That is 388 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 Forest is 2,667, against 2,650 presidential votes.
A turnout rate can rise because the roll shrank, not because more people voted. That happened here; the turnout chart above explains when. 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.