Despite Routine List Maintenance Trends Continues

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform

With July comes routine voter registration list maintenance. But despite an overall decline in active registered voters, the trend of major party voter share loses and Non-Partisan voter share gains continued.  Gains and loses were not “across the board” as often is the case, but that does not take away from the fact voters are still not being drawn to either the Democratic or Republican Party.

State-Wide

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D -1,026 -0.17% 38.09% 0.02%
R -1,801 -0.34% 33.51% -0.04%
NP -619 -0.18% 22.13% 0.01%
IAP -111 -0.16% 4.41% 0.00%
LIB -36 -0.23% 1.01% 0.00%
Other -61 -0.45% 0.85% 0.00%
Total not D or R     28.41% 0.01

 Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Clark County

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D 520 0.11% 41.78% 0.00%
R 190 0.06% 29.28% -0.02%
NP 424 0.17% 23.03% 0.01%
IAP 110 0.24% 4.15% 0.01%
LIB 40 0.40% 0.92% 0.00%
Other -27 -0.30% 0.83% 0.00%
Total not D or R     28.94% 0.02%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Washoe County

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D -1,330 -1.37% 34.96% 0.04%
R -1,600 -1.56% 36.82% -0.03%
NP -920 -1.55% 21.31% -0.01%
IAP -202 -1.63% 4.47% -0.01%
LIB -66 -1.86% 1.28% 0.00%
Other -27 -0.84% 1.17% 0.01%
Total not D or R     28.22% -0.01

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Rural Counties

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D -216 -0.47% 22.50% -0.02%
R -391 -0.37% 51.70% 0.00%
NP -123 -0.33% 18.38% 0.01%
IAP -19 -0.16% 5.73% 0.01%
LIB -10 -0.43% 1.15% 0.00%
Other -7 -0.63% 0.55% 0.00%
Total not D or R     25.81% 0.02

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

18 – 34 Year Old

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D 625 0.38% 38.45% 0.00%
R 234 0.24% 22.72% -0.03%
NP 584 0.44% 31.22% 0.02%
IAP 137 0.71% 4.60% 0.02%
LIB 27 0.37% 1.74% 0.00%
Other -16 -0.30% 1.27% -0.01%
Total not D or R     38.82% 0.03%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and other

55+

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D -291 -0.12% 38.40% 0.02%
R -611 -0.22% 41.40% -0.03%
NP -108 -0.11% 15.08% 0.01%
IAP -21 -0.08% 4.15% 0.00%
LIB 17 0.57% 0.45% 0.00%
Other -16 -0.47% 0.52% 0.00%
Total not D or R     20.20% 0.01%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

By district voter share changes.

Congressional Districts

Party # Districts Lose Voter Share # Districts Gain Voter Share # Districts No Change
Democratic 2 2 0
Republican 2 1 1
Non-Partisan 1 3 0
IAP 0 2 2
LIB 0 0 4
Other 1 0 3

CD 1, CD 2, and CD 4 (75 percent of the districts) continue to show the number of voters not affiliated with either major party is greater than or within 5% of the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

State Senate Districts

Party # Districts Lose Voter Share # Districts Gain Voter Share # Districts No Change
Democratic 6 12 3
Republican 12 5 4
Non-Partisan 6 14 1
IAP 3 10 8
LIB 4 7 10
Other 6 14 1

In 16 districts (76.19%) the number of voters registered as Non-Partisan or the total number not affiliated with either major party is greater than or within 5% of the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

State Assembly Districts

Party # Districts Lose Voter Share # Districts Gain Voter Share # Districts No Change
Democratic 18 18 6
Republican 25 12 5
Non-Partisan 16 23 3
IAP 11 24 7
LIB 12 16 14
Other 13 6 23

In 34 districts (81%) the number of voters registered as Non-Partisan or the total number not affiliated with either major party is greater than or within 5% of the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

As campaign season heats up and the Democratic Party narrows its field of presidential candidates the question remains; will voters decide to affiliate with the party to take part in the nomination process? Also, what will the impact be on Republican Party voter share with the decision to forgo the traditional caucus and allow the party central committee to pledge all delegates to President Trump? As the saying goes, “stayed tuned”.