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Unaffiliated (CO) voters are improving their power and influence
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Jun 18, 2018 08:22pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 19, 2018 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | This is a peak moment for Colorado’s unaffiliated voters. In the past seven years, they have gone from being neglected to being in the catbird seat.
With the June 26 primaries only a few days away, unaffiliated Coloradans are, for the first time in the state’s history, filling out either Democratic or Republican primary mail-in ballots. But that is only one part of their recent rise in power.
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Next, look at recent changes in state voter registration. Fourteen years ago, in 2004, the Democrats constituted 30.4 percent of Colorado registered voters. In May, the Democrats were at 31.5 percent.
The Republicans in 2004 were at 37.2 percent, well ahead of the Democrats. By May of this year, the Republican percentage had dropped precipitously to 31 percent.
While the Republicans were going down, unaffiliated voters were shooting upward. From 32.4 percent of registered voters in 2004, unaffiliated voters had moved ahead of both political parties in May with 37.4 percent. |
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