Arizona
Related: About this forumNumbers of registered Democrats declining in AZ?
What's up with this?
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/07/08/20120708arizona-voters-independent.html
The biggest increase in independents occurred between June 2010 and July 2011, and the numbers have basically stayed flat over the past year.
During the two-year period, the number of registered Republicans jumped about 14,000.
But in just the past year, the number of registered Democrats dropped by more than 52,000, according to a Secretary of State's Office recently released report.
Of the 3.1 million registered voters in Arizona, about 36 percent are Republican, about 30 percent are Democrats and about 33 percent are independents, according to the report.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)There probably was no contested primary this year and last and the growth in party ID takes place because people sign up to vote in primaries.
mvccd1000
(1,534 posts)... thanks.
I was hoping it wasn't because of internal problems like the ones Tansy Gold mentioned in this thread.
I have my current residence in Maricopa County and my new one in Pinal... I'm trying to decide which one to make "official" before the election. (Who do I most want to vote against; Arpaio or Babeu? Which other races need the most help?)
Warpy
(111,405 posts)since remaining in that state means they'll be harassed continually by Republican administrations that hate brown people with Spanish surnames.
Some of them are moving here to NM. Some are moving to California. Others are making longer moves.
demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)Obama in the general.