“Voter Registration Numbers Increase for All Parties in April
Posted Date: 5/1/2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Catherine Lu, Public Information Officer
(702) 486-6982 / 334-7953
clu@sos.nv.gov
(Carson City, NV; May 1, 2015) – All parties experienced voter registration number increases in April 2015, as shown by data released today by Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s Elections Division. The number of statewide registered active voters increased by 8,795 from the previous month.
Contact: Catherine Lu, Public Information Officer
(702) 486-6982 / 334-7953
clu@sos.nv.gov
(Carson City, NV; May 1, 2015) – All parties experienced voter registration number increases in April 2015, as shown by data released today by Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s Elections Division. The number of statewide registered active voters increased by 8,795 from the previous month.
Of the 1,193,659 active registrants statewide, 39.39% (470,145) are Democrat, 34.73% (414,578) are Republican, 19.43% (231,939) are nonpartisan, 4.71% (56,206) are members of the Independent American Party, and the remaining 1.75% (20,791) are members of the Libertarian or other minor parties
.”The Nevada Secretary of State’s office sent the above email today, May 1, 2015, announcing the voter registration figures for April, 2015.
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As a percent of total active voters:
Democratic Party: -0.05%
Republican Party: -0.03%
Non-Partisan: +0.08%
Minor Parties: +0.01%
In total, 25.88% of active registered voters in Nevada choose not to associate with either of the two major political parties.
For younger voters, those between 18 and 34 years of age:
Democratic Party: -0.11%
Republican Party: +0.05%
Non-Partisan: +0.08%
Minor Parties: +0.02%
37.48% of 18-34 year-olds choose not to associate with either the Democratic or Republican Party, a figure 11.6% higher than the overall state total.
A modified version of the Nevada Election Modernization and Reform Act (NEMRA) as SB 499 did not get past its hearing in the Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee. The bill number survived as a bill to change the filing deadline for minor party candidates. That said, the trend of voters increasingly choosing to ignore the Democratic or Republican Party continues unabated.
The 2015 session of the Nevada legislature is in its last month, barring special session(s). Once everyone has had a chance to take a breath, I will resume working to bring NEMRA back to the 2017 session. These continuing voter registrations trends along with the highly partisan bickering of the current session answer the question; Why?