Posted on 02/28/2020 5:58:35 PM PST by yesthatjallen
There are now more registered independents than Republicans, marking a first for the U.S.
According to data from Ballot Access News, independents make up 29.09 percent of registered voters, while Republicans make up 28.87 percent and Democrats make up 39.66 percent. The data comes from the 31 states that require registration by party.
An analysis by The Washington Post, which first reported the data, notes that there hasn't been a large drop in GOP registration since President Trump was elected, meaning he's likely not linked to the change. The growth of independents is more likely part of a broader trend since voter registration began in the 1900s.
In 2004, Democrats made up 42.19 percent of the vote, Republicans made up 32.79 percent of the vote and independents made up 23.15 percent of the vote. The number of independents has been growing since, while the number of Democrats and Republicans has slowly declined.
Democrats did see a boost in 2008 when former President Obama was elected, hitting a peak of 43.62 percent of registered voters. But by 2016, the percent of registered Democrats had declined to 40.6 percent.
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I didn’t see a link in the various links to the State by State Data.
Party registration is fairly meaningless. Republicans in some Democrat-dominated cities, like D.C. or NYC, register as Democrats so they can vote in Democrat primaries. Also, some states, like Texas, have no party registration.
The Gallup party-identification survey showed self-identified Republicans outnumbering Democrats recently. Independents have often outnumbered both parties.
#WALKAWAY
The DEMs in CALIFORNIA pulled some shenanigans - the state gov sent out ballot mailers to Republicans that suggested you had to change your party and then only allowed you to change to DEM or INDependent. I didn’t select anything and I was kept on the voter rolls and received, voted & returned my (REPUBLICAN) absentee ballot.
That's all I need to read to lose interest and suspect fake news...
Maybe because Trump and the GOPe are very different. I support Trump while I don’t support many of those in GOP leadership. Trump is America First... the GOP isn’t.
More spew from “The Hill” of trash.
Better headline: “Democrat voter registration plunges nearly 4% from their peak, GOP registration slightly less, while Independents soar.”
Oh, many many Conservatives have been dropping their GOP registration to register as Independents AND many of the more conservative Red States don’t register by Party, including TX, TN, AL, MS, GA, SC, IN, MO, OH, ND and MT.
I’m a registered conservative here in NYS, so I wouldn’t be counted as republican.
Bushes, Romney, McCain no doubt helped lower the numbers.
Personally, my voter registration card is labeled “Republican” strictly because I vote in the Republican Primary races. I really resent the fact that I have to be grouped in with individuals like Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, Pierre Delecto and the rest of those douche-nozzles.
I consider myself to be a Constitutional Conservative before any other party affiliation, but the two privately owned “political parties” seem to have a problem with that sort of sovereign thinking on the part of American Citizens.
Been following politics a long time and don’t recall hearing there were always more independents than Republicans.
Is that accurate?
I’ve been an independent since I quit the Republican Party in
2014 after they completely failed us.
I guess no one was independent before 1854.
Or everyone was an ignorant jackass, just like their descendants.
Bingo.
You state registration is meaningless in DC: 95% of the vote is for the democrats in that city and the city is less than 50% black. In NYC, the dems take 80% or more of the vote, so in these two cities, registration by party is significantly meaningful.
Yup. Guess PDJT may as well start boxing up his stuff huh, ‘the hill’?
Although I love Trump and think he is the greatest ever, I will never be registered as a Republican. This is the party that gave us John McCain. I still regret that I actually voted for him.
I believe if the Republican Party at all levels and POTUS would go on a full court press clearly differentiating between what Republicans (Conservatives) stand for versus the 2020 Democrats (liberal/socialist) platform there would be a mass exodus from the Democratic Party. and Independents would register as Republican. I know, I know - but I can dream can’t I?
I’d love to see numbers like new registrations with this.
What’s the average age of a registered Democrat? 126?
Isn’t Independent on the rise because of open primaries?
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