Every year starting in 1992, the paper edition of Ballot Access News has carried a chart showing how many registered voters there are in each party, in each state. These charts have been prepared only in even-numbered years (usually twice). Odd-year charts have not been prepared, since some states don’t do any registration tallies in odd years.

Although registration data is still outstanding for 5 states, it appears that the October 2006 data, for the first time since before 1992, will show that the percentage of independents has declined, compared to the previous chart (the previous chart was as of June 2006, and is in the July 1 2006 BAN). The percentage of voters registered as Democrats, as Republicans, and as members of other parties, by contrast, has all increased between June and October 2006.