Arizona

mvccd1000

(1,534 posts) Tue Jul 10, 2012, 01:55 AM Jul 2012

Numbers of registered Democrats declining in AZ?

What's up with this?

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/07/08/20120708arizona-voters-independent.html

Voter frustration with political hyper-partisanship in Arizona may explain the swell over the past two years in registered independents -- a change that some political insiders deem dangerous.

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.

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Numbers of registered Democrats declining in AZ? (Original Post) mvccd1000 Jul 2012 OP

Don't get so worried about it.. WCGreen Jul 2012 #1

Makes sense... mvccd1000 Jul 2012 #4

Hispanics are voting with their feet Warpy Jul 2012 #2

The New Republic had an article about how this type of moving will ultimately be good for demgrrrll Jul 2012 #3

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)

1. Don't get so worried about it..

Reply to mvccd1000 (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 01:58 AM

Jul 2012

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)

4. Makes sense...

Reply to WCGreen (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:35 AM

Jul 2012

... 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

(111,138 posts)

2. Hispanics are voting with their feet

Reply to mvccd1000 (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 01:59 AM

Jul 2012

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)

3. The New Republic had an article about how this type of moving will ultimately be good for