GOP Worried As Dems' Advantage in Registered Voters Increases

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GOP Worried As Dems' Advantage in Registered Voters Increases
Monday, July 4, 2016 11:36 AM

By: Brian Freeman

Democrats are winning the battle in voter registration, especially in key battlegrounds, and some Republicans are worried that it will make it much harder to close the gap in the polls in those states, The Washington Examiner reports.

The increased advantage in registered Democrats could turn out to be a key factor, especially as early and absentee voting is just around the corner and a higher percentage of voters use that alternative.

Since time is fast running out to possibly make up the difference, Republican operative Joseph Catania stressed that "the GOP needs to do more about this or soon it could be really bad."

For example, in the key swing state of Nevada, the Democrats' advantage in registered voters has grown by almost 20,000 this year to more than 66,000. With that sort of built-in lead, it makes it more difficult to imagine the GOP winning the state, which they lost in the 2012 election. This, despite the fact that current polls show the two candidates in a tight race.

However, the story is not the same in every battleground state. In Florida, with a massive 29 electoral votes and which Barack Obama won the past two elections, the Democrats' advantage in registered voters has taken a hit, the Miami Herald reports.

In 2008, registered Democrat were 42 percent of all voters, while Republicans had 36 percent. That advantage has dwindled significantly. The Democrats currently have only 38 percent of voters, while the GOP has remained steady at 35.8 percent, with the remainder registering with no party affiliation.

[Gov Bean Counter]

Nah, they are just registering as Democrats so they can cross over and vote for Roman P. Trump.

 

[sinkspur]

This is why the polls seem skewed to Democrats because there are MORE OF THEM!!!

[Mechanicos]

Its easy to register graveyards.....

[geronl]

This is why the polls seem skewed to Democrats because there are MORE OF THEM!!!

That's just not fair! 

[MajorClay]

Rut roh

[HonestJohn]

bookmark

[Right_in_Virginia]

This is why the polls seem skewed to Democrats because there are MORE OF THEM!!!

No worries .... Republicans lose this one --- we'll have a cakewalk to victory in 2020.   

[LMAO]

This could be a result of Trump being the presumed nominee but it could also signal something deeper and more troubling that has ramifications beyond 2016.

Shifting demographics, and, as an extension, an increase in the number of people on some kind of government assistance is going to make it increasingly difficult for conservatives to win. The only way this changes is when they can no longer paper over our dire fiscal and economic outlook. When things get bad enough that they can no longer be hidden from the public then conservatism will rise as the solution.

This is why neither candidate thus year has addressed our fiscal situation in a serious manner. There's votes to be bought

[jmyrlefuller]

There's one caveat here:

This article is very craftily worded in that it's saying the "advantage" is "growing:" namely, that the difference between the two is getting larger. Disconcerting to be sure, but it could also mean that the Democrats and Republicans are both losing voters and that the Republicans seem to be losing them faster, meaning that the fastest growing affiliation is, in fact, independent (something a number of other polls have also suggested).

[LMAO]

Rut roh

Rut roh is right

This could have ramifications not just for the presidential election but down ballot races as well.

The last time we had a Dem president with a Dem Congress we got trillion dollar deficits, a near trillion dollar stimulus plan that resulted in the worst recovery, and ObamaCare

[INVAR]

Welcome to life after the velvet coup.

We committed suicide, just like all the other republics that came before ours did.   We grew complacent and we grew ignorant and/or hostile of the foundational principles that upheld the society that liberty was able to exist under.

And no, elections are not going to bring the republic or the civil society back.

[NavyCanDo]

Democrats in the 40 years I have been voting and probably a lot longer have dominated new voter registration, and the get-out-to-vote ground pounding effort - often driving or bussing people to the polls. GOP talks about this Democrat advantage every four years, but have never done anything to change it.

[LMAO]

Democrats in the 40 years I have been voting and probably a lot longer have dominated new voter registration, and the get-out-to-vote ground pounding effort - often driving or bussing people to the polls. GOP talks about this Democrat advantage every four years, but have never done anything to change it.

That, and how does one compete with a party that promises the masses all and your rich neighbor will be force to pay for it.

Of course, your rich neighbor doesn't pay. The Chinese, Japanese, Belgians, and, most of all, the Federal Reserve printing press does.

[Victoria33]

This is why the polls seem skewed to Democrats because there are MORE OF THEM!!!

Historically, the independent vote determines who the president is.
@CatherineofAragon

[LMAO]

Historically, the independent vote determines who the president is.
@CatherineofAragon

Except in 2012

[Victoria33]

Welcome to life after the velvet coup.
We committed suicide, just like all the other republics that came before ours did.   We grew complacent and we grew ignorant and/or hostile of the foundational principles that upheld the society that liberty was able to exist under.
And no, elections are not going to bring the republic or the civil society back.

Republics fail when citizens realize the govn. can give them "things", then the govn. can't continue to give "things" and the govn. fails and a dictator takes over.  This country has also turned into Sodom and terrorists will never stop killing all over the world - I think the end times have started and nothing will stop this - Christ comes to remove his  believers, then the world will be a total killing field.
@CatherineofAragon

[HonestJohn]

Democrats dominate in urban environments and as America's population increases, more people are living in cities than in rural areas.

Democrats are winning Hispanics, mainly because the GOP voter is bound and determined to spit in their faces.  Being that they are a young demographic with a higher than average birthrate, that favors Democrats.

The same goes for *EVERY* minority group in America today.

Furthermore, GOP voters are older, with many being retirees.  That means they have a higher death rate than average, meaning the GOP voter base in literally dying off.  And the actions above have destroyed any chance of a replenishment rate high enough to offset the loss.

Lastly, the only other group the GOP dominates, white Christians, have a negative birth rate.  Meaning that even outside the loss of the retiree vote from death, there is not enough of a replenishment to simply maintain the status quo.

The choice is both stark and clear, forcefully repudiate the Trump philosophy of nativism and open up to immigrants... or wither away.

[Hoodat]

GOP Worried As Dems' Advantage in Registered Voters Increases

But Trump's gonna build a wall.

[geronl]

But Trump's gonna build a wall.

he already built  high wall between his campaign and conservatives

[EC]

How well does voter registration tie in to voter turnout?

[HonestJohn]

How well does voter registration tie in to voter turnout?

It depends.

I'd hazard that for people from those groups that Trump has materially offended or who will be materially affected by Trump according to his speeches...

...that those would probably be near a 1:1 parity between registered:likely to vote.