Registered Republicans Outnumbered by Independents and Minor Parties

Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News (BAN) for this post.

Voter Registration data from October 2016 shows that for the first time since 1991, if not the first time ever, there are more Voters Registered as independents or as members of Third Parties, than there are Registered Republicans.

The current data shows:

Democrats: 45,690,825, 40.60%

Minor Parties/Independents/Other: 33,805,018, 30.04%

Republicans: 33,052,332, 29.37%

Since BAN has been tracking this data starting in 1992, never before had the “other” registrants outnumbered either Major Party.

Many people believe that independents and Minor Party Registrants comprise 40+%.

The sources of the confusion are polls that say 40+% of Voters identify as independents.

The poll results and the actual Registration data have never been closely aligned.











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