Routine List Maintenance Benefits GOP Voter Share

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

Besides all the activity in the state legislature, March brings the first routine maintenance of the voter rolls. This process usually results in a loss of active registered voters across all categories along with a corresponding change in voter share.

In March, according to the figures released by the secretary of state, the Republican Party emerged in good shape, gaining voter share across most demographics tracked while the Democratic Party, Non-Partisan, and minor parties experienced mostly a drop in share.   

State-Wide

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D -25,539 -4.17% 38.16% -0.19%
R -15,270 -2.87% 33.64% 0.28%
NP -14,113 -4.02% 21.95% -0.07%
IAP -3,928 -3.59% 4.38% 0.00%
LIB -715 -4.44% 1.00% -0.01%
Other -706 -5.01% 0.87% -0.01%
Total not D or R     28.20% -0.09

 Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Clark County

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D -25,929 -5.51% 41.90% 0.00%
R -16,693 -5.08% 29.38% 0.13%
NP -14,996 -5.82% 22.85% -0.08%
IAP -4,157 -5.82% 4.11% -0.01%
LIB -753 -7.27% 0.91% -0.02%
Other -711 -7.29% 0.85% -0.02%
Total not D or R     28.71% -0.13%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Washoe County

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D 197 0.21% 35.01% -0.02%
R 256 0.25% 36.88% -0.01%
NP 247 0.43% 21.20% 0.03%
IAP 46 0.37% 4.45% 0.00%
LIB 8 0.23% 1.27% 0.00%
Other -7 -0.22% 1.18% -0.01%
Total not D or R     28.11% 0.02%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Rural Counties

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D 193 0.42% 22.71% -0.15%
R 1,167 1.13% 51.71% 0.02%
NP 636 1.77% 18.21% 0.12%
IAP 141 1.25% 5.69% 0.01%
LIB 30 1.33% 1.13% 0.00%
Other 12 1.10% 0.55% 0.00%
Total not D or R     25.58% 0.13

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 -8,878 -5.26% 38.51% -0.19%
R -4,171 -4.21% 22.86% 0.14%
NP -6,342 -4.69% 31.04% 0.04%
IAP -1,542 -4.26% 4.55% 0.03%
LIB -355 -4.70% 1.73% 0.00%
Other -345 -5.95% 1.31% -0.02%
Total not D or R     38.63% 0.05%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and other

55+

Party Change in # Voters % Change % Voter Share Difference in Voter Share %
D -7,218 -2.83% 38.47% -0.17%
R -5,200 -1.91% 41.46% 0.20%
NP -2,554 -2.58% 14.97% -0.03%
IAP -825 -2.37% 4.13% 0.00%
LIB -64 -2.17% 0.45% 0.00%
Other -114 -3.29% 0.52% 0.00%
Total not D or R     20.07% -0.03%

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 4 0 0
Republican 0 4 0
Non-Partisan 3 1 0
IAP 2 2 0
LIB 3 0 1
Other 4 0 0

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 15 4 2
Republican 2 19 0
Non-Partisan 12 7 2
IAP 11 5 5
LIB 11 0 10
Other 16 2 3

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 26 14 2
Republican 5 33 4
Non-Partisan 27 13 2
IAP 20 15 7
LIB 26 9 7
Other 27 5 10

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.

Months when voter roll maintenance is performed are not indicative of any registration trend. Who is moved to inactive or removed from the rolls is based on criteria that is not based on any party affiliation. We will have to wait until next month to see if a new trend will develop or we return to major party loses and Non-Partisan gains.