The Alaska Elections Division has posted new registration data. The percentages are: independent and those who left the party choice blank 53.10%; Republican 27.31%; Democratic 14.32%; Alaskan Independence 3.14%; Libertarian 1.50%; Green .37%; Veterans .23%; Constitution .03%.
Percentages in November 2012 were: independent and those who left the party choice blank 53.05%; Republican 27.17%; Democratic 14.50%; Alaskan Independence 3.10%; Libertarian 1.52%; Green .40%; Veterans .25%; Constitution .02%. See here for more details about the current tally.
Alaska has four ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, Alaskan Independence, Libertarian. Alaska keeps a registration tally of other groups if they request it.
Alaska voter registration forms provide check boxes for both “nonpartisan” and “undeclared”. “undeclared” means that you the registrant did not want to disclose their party affiliation to the State of Alaska.
While it is true that registrants who do leave the field blank are classified as undeclared, it is not a reasonable assumption to make that persons who have made an active choice to not have the State maintain a record of their political beliefs “left the choice blank”, nor that they are “independent”.
This is particularly true given that the “undeclared” outnumber the “nonpartisan” by 36.35% to 16.75%.