Where I am I have to tell them no affiliation because there is an Independent party.
I live in MA where you can be a Democrat, a Republican,
or an “Unenrolled”. The last one means you can choose
either ballot in a primary. In the past after getting a ballot
of one party or the other, you would have to go to a table
and sign something to change back. Not any more, no need.
In 2004 I was able to vote against John Kerry TWICE (first
time, John Edwards...ha). The unenrolleds in MA outnumber
the Republicans. They may even outnumber Democrats.
(Checking) Hmm. yes. As of 2010:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2010/09/08/overall-ma-voter-registration-down-slightly/
>>Secretary of State William Galvin announced Wednesday that 4.15 million people were registered to vote in next week’s party primaries.
Of that, 1.5 million are Democrats, or 37 percent of the total. Another 471,000 are Republicans, equalling 11.4 percent of the total. And 2.1 million – or 51.4 percent – are unenrolled in any party.
Let me repeat that:
UNENROLLED: 51.4 %
DEMOCRAT: 37
REPUBLICAN: 11.4