Category: Voter Registration Trends

Monthly voter registration analysis

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August Voter Registration – The Trend Continues

The Secretary of State’s office today released voter registration numbers for August. There are no surprises. The number of voters registered as Non-Partisan continues to climb; 18.9 percent of active voters and 19.4 percent of total voters. When those registered to minor parties are included, 25.2 percent of active voters and 25.9 percent of total voters are not affiliated with either the Democrat or Republican Party.  Younger voters, those 18 – 34 years of age, continue to register 10 percent higher than state totals.
These numbers highlight the need for the Nevada Election Modernization and Reform Act (NEMRA). If the major political parties want to strengthen Nevada’s electoral process, welcome those whose ideas may not be ideologically pure to the party, if they do not want to ignore over 25 percent of registered voters (35 percent of younger voters), and if they want to strengthen the party rather than continue to lose membership, all that is needed to start the discussion is for one legislator to file the BDR for NEMRA.

Given the continuing trend in voter registration numbers, there is no reason not to have this discussion during the 2015 legislative session. The citizens of Nevada deserve no less.  
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Major Party Registration In Nevada Declines – Non-Partisan Registration Up 18% – UPDATE

The trend continues.  According to the Nevada Secretary of State, more than 50 percent of new voter registrations filed in July, 2014 designated non-partisan. 19 percent of total voters are now registered as non-partisan (Secretary of State shows active voters).
As I’ve mentioned in other posts on this blog, the move to the extreme by the two major political parties is causing them to lose membership. I’ve highlighted how the current political divide along strict ideological lines negatively impacts our daily lives. I’ve posted links showing how the use of open, non-partisan blanket primaries such as the top-three proposed in the Nevada Election Modernization and Reform Act (NEMRA) allow parties to return to addressing the concerns of the median voter and win elections.
Just how many voters have become so disillusioned and frustrated by the move to the fringe by the Democrat and Republican parties that they have voluntarily given up part of their right to vote? Since May, 2010; the close of registration for the primary election, the number of voters registered as Non-Partisan has grown by nearly three percent; an 18 percent difference. Those registered as Independent American, Libertarian, or other party has grown by just under one percent; a 12 percent difference. At the same time, Democrat and Republican registration have both dropped just under two percent each; a four and five percent negative change respectively.  The trend continued following the primary election just completed six weeks ago.
         
Election
Non-Partisan
Other
Total
Democrat
Republican
Primary 2010
15.8%
5.7%
21.6%
43.2%
35.2%
General 2010
16.2%
6.1%
22.1%
42.7%
35.2%
Primary 2012
16.9%
6.0%
22.9%
42.1%
35.0%
General 2012
17.8%
6.2%
24.0%
42.3%
33.7%
Primary 2014
18.4%
6.4%
24.8%
41.5%
33.7%
June 2014
18.6%
6.4%
25.0%
41.4%
33.6%
July 2014
19.0%
6.5%
25.5%
41.0%
33.5%
         
The major political parties in Nevada can reverse this self-destruction.  They can act to increase voter participation at all levels of the election process and return to representing the views of the majority of their members and the electorate as a whole. They can regain some of this lost membership and possibly add new members, especially the younger voters. All it takes is enacting the Nevada Election Modernization and Reform Act during the 2015 Nevada legislative session. 
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Major Party Registration In Nevada Declines – Non-Partisan Registration Up 18%

As I’ve mentioned in other posts on this blog, the move to the extreme by the two major political parties is causing them to lose membership. I’ve highlighted how the current political divide along strict ideological lines negatively impacts our daily lives. I’ve posted links showing how the use of open, non-partisan blanket primaries such as the top-three proposed in the Nevada Election Modernization and Reform Act (NEMRA) allow parties to return to addressing the concerns of the median voter and win elections.
Just how many voters have become so disillusioned and frustrated by the move to the fringe by the Democrat and Republican parties that they have voluntarily given up part of their right to vote? Since May, 2010; the close of registration for the primary election, the number of voters registered as Non-Partisan has grown by nearly three percent; an 18 percent difference. Those registered as Independent American, Libertarian, or other party has grown by just under one percent; a 12 percent difference. At the same time, Democrat and Republican registration have both dropped just under two percent each; a four and five percent negative change respectively.  The trend continued following the primary election just completed six weeks ago.
         
Election
Non-Partisan
Other
Total
Democrat
Republican
Primary 2010
15.8%
5.7%
21.6%
43.2%
35.2%
General 2010
16.2%
6.1%
22.1%
42.7%
35.2%
Primary 2012
16.9%
6.0%
22.9%
42.1%
35.0%
General 2012
17.8%
6.2%
24.0%
42.3%
33.7%
Primary 2014
18.4%
6.4%
24.8%
41.5%
33.7%
June 2014
18.6%
6.4%
25.0%
41.4%
33.6%
         
The major political parties in Nevada can reverse this self-destruction.  They can act to increase voter participation at all levels of the election process and return to representing the views of the majority of their members and the electorate as a whole. They can regain some of this lost membership and possibly add new members, especially the younger voters. All it takes is enacting the Nevada Election Modernization and Reform Act during the 2015 Nevada legislative session.

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