by WorldTribune Staff, September 23, 2025 Real World NewsThe “Charlie Kirk effect” is in full force. Amid and following Sunday’s memorial for the Turning Point USA co-founder, thousands of people registered to vote as Republicans and thousands more switched parties from Democrat to the GOP, reports say. “Recent data show GOP voter registration gains in key states like Pennsylvania, where Republicans clocked in at +3,022 net in the days following Kirk’s assassination (week ending Sept. 22). Additionally, North Carolina and Arizona both outpaced prior months and linked the surge directly to the assassination and memorial,” Just the News reported on Monday. Matt Margolis of PJ Media noted that “Some on the left celebrated the attack.” That reaction has now triggered what’s being called the “Charlie Kirk effect,” a historic wave of Democrats abandoning their party and joining the GOP.