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Republican Registration Continues to Crater

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GOP is in danger of falling below 30%

by Brian Leubitz


























Party Feb 1999 January 2008 January 2012
Democratic 46.72% 42.71% 43.63%
Republican 35.27% 33.45% 30.36%
NPP 12.89% 19.38% 21.24%
For the last decade, the big winner in party registration has been no party at all. Decline to state, now known as no party preference, has boomed from just under 13% in 1999 to 21.24% in the latest numbers released by the Sec. of State’s office today.  While Democratic numbers have fluctuated in the lower 40s, Republican numbers continue to creep downwards.  If the trend continues, the GOP may fall below 30% in the very near future.

It is no surprise that the GOP is rapidly losing adherents, what with the far right extreme becoming dominant within the Party of Reagan (née Lincoln). But with district maps that require Republicans to compete for the middle, the question is whether they really can do that.  These numbers certainly don’t bode well for that.

19 thoughts on “Republican Registration Continues to Crater”

  1. Don’t worry

    With ‘Leaders’ like Nude GinGrinch, Willard Romney and Simple Sarah, Goopers will continue to shrink

    You can only describe Nude GinGrinch as an ‘Evildoer’

    I heard his ‘concession speech’ last night

    He wants to END regulation on the big banks !!

    WOW !!

    That’ll really help !! so will that moon colony/State

    The trick is for Democrats to come up with Good candidates

    (NOT Gores and Liebermans and Clintons and Gavin Newsomes!!)

    BRING BACK the REAL Democrats, the Phil Burtons and the Sherrod Browns and the real populists)

  2. Is that the Republican plus independent number is still over 50%.  Considering Republicans have higher turnout than Democrats, the “lower taxes” voters (which the vast majority of independents I’ve ever met are) are in a very good position.

    As I’ve said before the redistricting, while bad for the GOP, is good for the taxpayer.  Without the benefit of blaming the Republicans a Democratic majority that passes increased spending will have members in marginal districts held accountable at the polls.

    I don’t think a representative in a district that just went Democrat by a sliver will want to cast a deciding vote in favor of higher taxes when a “moderate” Republican is waiting in the wings to run against him.

    The dogmatic ideologues (on both sides) are in for some electoral surprises.

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