New Delaware Registration Data

Delaware has posted the number of registered voters in each party, qualified and unqualified alike. See the April 1, 2016 figures here.

Compared with the February 1, 2016 tally, the two major parties have grown and the number of independent and minor party voters has declined. This is probably because Delaware is holding a closed presidential primary on April 26, so people have had a reason to join the Democratic and Republican Parties. The only party, other than those two, that gained between February and April is the Independent Party, which went from .62% of the state total, to .63%. Democrats increased from 47.22% to 47.33%; Republicans increased from 27.97% to 28.06%.

For the last several months, voters have not been allowed to switch parties, but starting April 26, they can again switch parties. But then on May 28, they again can’t switch parties, until after the non-presidential primary in September is held. Therefore, during the next month, the two parties that hope to re-qualify for the ballot will carry out a registration drive. They are the Green Party (which now has 608 registrants) and the Constitution Party (which now has 323 registrants). They each need 653 registrants by August 20.

The only parties that have enough registrations now, besides the two major parties, are the Independent Party and the Libertarian Party. Between February and April, the Independent Party went from 4,033 registrants to 4,124; Libertarians declined from 1,191 to 1,174.


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