Seventeen of Carbon County's 23 municipalities have Democratic voter registration advantages, according to the latest certified voting totals in the county's elections bureau.

Overall, the Democrats have a 5,381-voter edge over the Republicans, including an advantage of 1,029 voters in Jim Thorpe Borough.Other Democratic strongholds are in Summit Hill, 770 advantage; Nesquehoning, 670; Penn Forest Township, 575; Lansford, 574; Palmerton, 545; and Lehighton, 512.Meanwhile, the GOP has voter registration leads in just Franklin, Kidder, Lehigh, Packer and Towamensing townships and Weatherly Borough. The largest advantage the party has is in Packer Township, where Republicans outnumber Democrats by 135 voters.The breakdown of registration by the county's 51 precincts is as follows:Democratic advantageBanks Township - 512 Democrats,170 Republicans.Beaver Meadows Bowough - 295 Democrats, 162 Republicans.Bowmwnstown Borough - 266 Democrats, 185 Republicans.East Penn Township - South - 425 Democrats, 317 Republicans.East Penn Township - North - 409 Democrats, 377 Republicans.East Side Boro - 94 Democrats, 79 Republicans.Franklin Township - Harrity - 471 Democrats, 458 Republicans.Jim Thorpe Borough - First Ward - 426 Democrats, 173 Republicans.Jim Thorpe Borough - Second Ward - 313 Democrats, 147 Democrats.Jim Thorpe Borough - Third Ward - 521 Democrats, 261 Republicans.Jim Thorpe Borough - Fourth Ward - 260 Democrats, 112 Republicans.Jim Thorpe Borough - Fifth Ward - 438 Democrats, 236 Republicans.Lansford Borough - East - 568 Democrats, 331 Republicans.Lansford Borough - Middle - 322 Democrats, 184 Republicans.Lansford Borough - West - 356 Democrats, 157 Republicans.Lausanne Township - 72 Democrats, 47 Republicans.Lehighton Borough - First - 524 Democrats, 395 Republicans.Lehighton Borough - Second - 487 Democrats, 339 Republicans.Lehighton Borough - Third - 513 Democrats, 278 Republicans.Lower Towamensing Township - North - 480 Democrats, 340 Republicans.Lower Towamensing Township - South - 409 Democrats, 252 Republicans.Mahoning Township - Mahoning - 665 Democrats, 605 Republicans.Mahoning Township - Packerton/Jamestown - 223 Democrats, 156 Republicans.Nesquehoning - East - 620 Democrats, 254 Republicans.Nesquehoning Borough - West - 658 Democrats, 354 Republicans.Palmerton Borough - East - 450 Democrats, 339 Republicans.Palmerton Borough - Middle - 784 Democrats, 474 Republicans.Palmerton Borough - West - 240 Democrats, 116 Republicans.Parryville Borough - 141 Democrats, 100 Republicans.Penn Forest Township - Southwest - 548 Democrats, 473 Republicans.Penn Forest Township - Northwest - 547 Democrats, 491 Republicans.Penn Forest Township - Middle - 408 Democrats, 290 Republicans.Penn Forest Township - Northeast - 590 Democrats, 425 Republicans.Penn Forest Township - East - 627 Democrats, 466 Republicans.Summit Hill Borough - First - 400 Democrats, 102 Republicans.Summit Hill Borough - Second - 343 Democrats, 147 Republicans.Summit Hill Borough - Third - 386 Democrats, 207 Republicans.Summit Hill Borough - White Bear - 196 Democrats, 99 Republicans.Towamensing Township - South 2 - 399 Democrats, 322 Republicans.Weatherly - West - 209 Democrats, 199 Republicans.Weissport Borough - 127 Democrats, 62 Republicans.GOP strengthsFranklin Township - Independent - 307 Republicans, 286 Democrats.Franklin Township - Long Run - 394 Republicans, 336 Democrats.Kidder Township - North - 143 Republicans, 136 Democrats.Kidder Township - South - 434 Republicans, 331 Republicans.Lehigh Township - 232 Republicans, 110 Democrats.Mahoning Township - New Mahoning - 237 Republicans, 186 Democrats.Packer Township - 374 Republicans, 239 Democrats.Towamensing Township - North - 382 Republicans, 321 Democrats.Towamensing Township - South 1 - 413 Republicans, 378 Democrats.Weatherly Borough - East - 442 Republicans, 375 Democrats.