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”.