Are you surprised Republicans and Independents/other saw an increase in voter registration while Democrats saw a decrease in voter registration?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[MisterWack]

Here is the thing, the lead up to the Primaries Democratic registration was up.

Maybe and this is a big maybe, perhaps from the polling data showcasing Kamala Harris is beating Donald Trump Nationally by 2.6 points and is in the lead in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona… Republicans could be worried and are now getting out and registering.

Now I don’t know where that datasheet even comes from so, another possibility is the dataset is flawed. Only reason why I’d say that is Colorado has lost Republicans, Democrats, and Independents which makes no sense at all. So I don't know.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

The news stations are offering way better coverage of trump than biden/kamala. I think it's a sign they either are planning to turn the conservatives into their establishment party to replace the left after Trump or they're hoping the negative coverage will have the same effect for her that it had for Trump.

Honestly some scary stuff. Especially considering we haven't really heard much about what Trump feels towards Israel in terms of specifics. So far as I know anyway.

[Anonymous]

Amusingly misleading statistic. The ones from California simple went elsewhere. They still exist and are now helping turn swing states blue.

[Asker]

They didn't leave California to turn swing states blue, they left cause California is a hot mess compared to other states.

[normalice]

If that were true that 90k would have left, too 🤷

[Asker]

@normalice Not everyone has the resources to move to another state. So most likely Democrats switching to Republican, as an attempt to make change. Which is pointless in my opinion, as Republicans are just as shitty as Democrats.

[normalice]

I could make the same argument when you insisted Democrat left the state. How is it you can have such an obvious far right bias but claim to be independent?

[Asker]

@normalice I don't have a far right biased, the problem is, your so far left, that anything that isn't far left is considered even when it's in the middle.

[normalice]

Nope. You obviously have a far right bias. I understand you're trying to hide it for some fake credibility but you aren't doing it very well.

[Asker]

@normalice Other users are right, you really are a leftwingnut troll.

[Anonymous]

Don't worry. All dems need to win is to simply get out and vote. They are majority.

[Asker]

Actually they are not the majority. Neither Democrats or Republicans hold a majority, majority belongs to independents like myself. Part of the reason Democrats and Republicans no longer hold a majority, is they have moved so far left and right, leaving the majority stuck in the middle.

[Opinion Owner]

Could be

[AviatorTom]

Interesting that the list leaves out several key swing states: Georgia, Ohio, Michigan.

The numbers don't surprise me. With both candidates being radical, it makes sense that the numbers for middle-of-the-road Independents are higher. Several states have also established procedures for clearing the rolls, after the 2020 election, where most of the questionable voters were registered Democrats, so it makes sense that Democrat enrollment is down.

[exitseven]

No, there is a big push for Republicans and Independents to make sure that they vote in such great numbers that the democrats cannot possible steal the election without getting caught.

[normalice]

Not really. Republicans control the media so a far right christian nationalist USA is inevitable.

[Asker]

"Republicans control the media" That's not true, yes Fox news is Republican controlled, but many other media outlets such as MSNBC and CNN are liberal controlled. CNN pretends to be neutral, but everyone knows they are left leaning.

[normalice]

In your mind pretend for a second that republicans did control the media. Who do you imagine would tell you?

Republicans rely entirely on persecution fantasies to stay relevant. The fake narrative that the media leans left is just another of those persecution fantasies. Indeed, it may have even been true 40 years ago. But especially since the Citizens United ruling it is obviously biased to favor republicans as much as possible - that was the entire point of the ruling!

[Asker]

As a independent who doesn't watch mainstream news, I can guarantee, it is not a fake narrative that many news outlets are left leaning. Many news outlets being left leaning, doesn't mean there aren't any right leaning news outlets. It's just ridiculous to believe Citizens United favors Republicans, both Republicans and Democrats make full use of Citizens united equally.

[normalice]

Well, that's certainly in top ten dumbest takes I've seen, probably top three but I haven't really spent a lot of time fleshing out the criteria. You see, the Federalist society is a far right entity with the express purpose of stacking the courts with judges that benefit the far right. And all of the SCOTUS justices that voted for the citizens united ruling were appointed by the Federalist society. To think it's some coincidence is a symptom of severe head trauma, actually, and you should get to the ER as soon as possible.

[DrPepper12]

Nice try. There's only 25 states in your sample. Come off anon and own up to it! GaGers are not as dumb and able to be manipulated as you think. GTFOH with your fucked up narrative!

[Asker]

Reported.

[msc545]

Very small change.

[Asker]

Small, but surprising. Well surprising Republicans saw an uptick in voter registration, but not surprising independent voter registration saw an uptick.