Discuss “Pennsylvania is a key player in primaries”

Pennsylvania has never mattered so much before. On April 22, Pennsylvania residents are going to be largely responsible for the outcome of the Democratic party nomination. Today will dictate the potential power Pennsylvania actually has in this primary, though, because today is the voter registration deadline.

This year’s presidential primary has been muddled with states trying to move up their deadlines, which has cost a huge voting party, that of Florida and Michigan, a huge price. In the 2004 election, the largest group of voters were senior citizens, with 79 percent of those eligible registering to vote. But Florida, the state with the largest population of senior citizens, has been auf-ed, and that leaves the state with the number two...