Ballot Access News, August 6, 2013:
The South Dakota Secretary of State has released the August 1 tally of the number of registered voters. The percentages are: Republican 45.77%; Democratic 35.49%; independent 18.44%; Libertarian .23%; Constitution .069%. The number of registered voters in Americans Elect is so tiny, it doesn’t make sense to present it as a percentage, but the party has 6 registered members.
In November 2012, the percentages were: Republican 45.99%; Democratic 35.85%; independent 17.88%; Libertarian .21%; Constitution .066%. Americans Elect back then had 4 registered members.
The new figures for South Dakota are somewhat similar to virtually all 2013 registration data across the nation. The two major parties have declined as a percentage, whereas independents and minor parties have risen. The new numbers are: Republican 244,944; Democratic 189,892; independent 98,683; Libertarian 1,224; Constitution 368; Americans Elect 6. The old numbers were: Republican 243,113; Democratic 189,493; independent 94,536; Libertarian 1,126; Constitution 349; Americans Elect 4.
The number of registered Libertarian Party voters seems to be on the rise all over the country.
Yes. Too bad the LP hasn’t figured out how to take advantage of this.
I’ve been meaning to see what became of all of the remaining Americans Elect affiliates. Looks like this is one fewer that I’ll have to look up when I decide to do that.
Dave said: “Interesting to me that in almost all of them, the number of dems and reps keep going down.”
The number of registered Libertarian Party voters seems to be on the rise all over the country.
Thanks for reporting on this. State party registration is probably my favorite topic to read about, and its always a treat when a new report has been released. God, I’m a nerd.
Interesting to me that in almost all of them, the number of dems and reps keep going down. Sure, by tiny amount,s but if these trends kept up for maybe a decade, we might actually begin to see some cracks in the two party system. Assuming top two laws have not been passed all over the country by then, of course.