Washoe Does Maintenance; Voter Share Changes Mixed, Impact of Same-Day Registration

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

Was hoping to see the impact of same-day registration with the release of June voter registration numbers, but Washoe County was able to do their routine voter roll maintenance. This caused the overall number of active registered voters to decline leaving changes to voter share mixed.

State-Wide

PartyChange in # Voters% Change% Voter ShareDifference in Voter Share %
D-3,378-0.54%38.55%0.03%
R-4,393-0.82%32.71%-0.07%
NP-1,067-0.29%22.67%0.07%
IAP-406-0.57%4.38%0.00%
LIB-252-1.59%0.96%-0.01%
Other-426-3.49%0.73%-0.02%
Total not D or R  28.74%0.05

 Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Clark County

PartyChange in # Voters% Change% Voter ShareDifference in Voter Share %
D4,8031.01%42.07%-0.05%
R2,7540.85%28.54%-0.08%
NP4,2821.61%23.62%0.11%
IAP7211.53%4.18%0.02%
LIB1451.46%0.88%0.00%
Other640.79%0.71%0.00%
Total not D or R  29.39%0.13

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Washoe County

PartyChange in # Voters% Change% Voter ShareDifference in Voter Share %
D-8,303-7.93%36.08%0.16%
R-7,734-7.44%36.04%0.35%
NP-6,157-9.76%21.31%-0.34%
IAP-1,194-9.24%4.39%-0.04%
LIB-423-11.62%1.20%-0.04%
Other-495-16.03%0.97%-0.09%
Total not D or R  27.39%-0.51

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

Rural Counties

PartyChange in # Voters% Change% Voter ShareDifference in Voter Share %
D1220.26%22.45%-0.12%
R5870.55%51.27%-0.12%
NP8082.05%19.21%0.24%
IAP670.59%5.46%-0.01%
LIB261.12%1.12%0.00%
Other50.50%0.48%0.00%
Total not D or R  26.27%0.23

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and others

18 – 34 Year Old

PartyChange in # Voters% Change% Voter ShareDifference in Voter Share %
D-1,224-0.71%39.91%0.15%
R-1,997-2.13%21.25%-0.23%
NP-992-0.72%31.65%0.11%
IAP-128-0.65%4.56%0.02%
LIB-143-2.01%1.61%-0.02%
Other-209-4.55%1.02%-0.04%
Total not D or R  38.84%0.07

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, and other

55+

PartyChange in # Voters% Change% Voter ShareDifference in Voter Share %
D-1,162-0.44%38.47%-0.01%
R-1,327-0.47%41.09%-0.02%
NP-115-0.11%15.45%0.05%
IAP-171-0.60%4.10%-0.01%
LIB-38-1.25%0.44%0.00%
Other-88-2.72%0.46%-0.01%
Total not D or R  20.44%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
Democratic400
Republican310
Non-Partisan130
IAP130
LIB112
Other103

In all Congressional districts (100 percent of the districts) 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
Democratic1641
Republican1740
Non-Partisan4170
IAP6132
LIB867
Other10110

In 18 districts (85.71%) 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. This is an increase of two over last month.

State Assembly Districts

Party# Districts Lose Voter Share# Districts Gain Voter Share# Districts No Change
Democratic3183
Republican3660
Non-Partisan7350
IAP13227
LIB151413
Other23712

In 35 districts (83.33%) 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.

We may have to wait to see the impact of same-day voter registration until the August numbers are released as list maintenance is due to be performed by the remining 16 counties this month. In addition to this, how many voters who maintained party affiliation or affiliated with a party to vote in the primary will change to Non-Partisan as the partisan divisiveness appears to be growing?