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Unaffiliated Colo. voters gain on GOP

Rocky Mountain News

Published February 27, 2008 at 10:58 a.m.
Updated February 28, 2008 at 1:53 a.m.

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The number of unaffiliated voters edged closer to surpassing Republicans this month as the most numerous voting block in Colorado, according to voter registration figures released Wednesday by the secretary of state.

Republican voters outnumbered unaffiliated voters by only about 10,000 in February. That's down from 12,000 the month before.

The latest voter rolls show that 2.9 million Coloradans are registered to vote. The percentage of Republicans was 34.8 percent, compared with 34.4 percent unaffiliated and 30.4 percent Democrats.

The percentage of unaffiliated voters has climbed steadily for five years.

Overall, the number of Republicans increased by about 2,000 from January to February, while Democrats gained about 5,000 registered voters. There was an increase of about 4,000 unaffiliated voters in that period.

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  • February 27, 2008

    1 p.m.

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    fatroon writes:

    Who cares, vote Libertarian.

  • February 27, 2008

    1:37 p.m.

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    Brockage writes:

    The parties continue to weaken while people boast of "voting for the person, not the party" -- when the parties were in control, we could choose FDR, Ike, HST, JFK -- now we get Gore, Kerry, GWB, Dole, open caucuses, open primaries - are we really better off with these weak parties and formless way of choosing party candidates?

  • February 27, 2008

    6:34 p.m.

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    Spencer writes:

    This is being caused by "Bush Malaise"

  • February 27, 2008

    7:30 p.m.

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    2cafes writes:

    Some one PLEASE explain WHY the unaffiliateds are not allowed a voice in the Colorado primaries?!! I think a lot more of us would be unaffiliated if we were allowed a voice. The ONLY reason I'm registered with a party is so I can influence primaries. We will no longer blindly follow a "party".

  • February 27, 2008

    8:18 p.m.

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    rickg19611 writes:

    Funny.... the Democrats are still dead last, and yet they're claiming that it must have something to do with Bush and GOP discontent. No wonder they continue to be dead last.

  • February 28, 2008

    7:45 a.m.

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    Scott writes:

    2cafes,

    I can explain it for you. The parties WANT you to "blindly follow" them. That is why they do not want people who can think for themselves, like you, to be able to influence what they, the parties, do.

    Both parties (especially democrats) want sheep. BTW I am registered as a democrat. Not because I agree with them (I don't) but because my great-grandfather who was an alcoholic, philandering, quack physician was one. His eldest daughter (my grandaunt) felt that being a democrat was the worst of his characteristics! ;-)

    Scott

  • February 28, 2008

    9:50 a.m.

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    jbowen43 writes:

    There aren't any unaffiliated primaries because there aren't any unaffiliated candidates.