Idaho has released new voter registration data. The percentages for each party are: Republican 32.42%, Democratic 7.63%, Libertarian .46%, Constitution .23%, other or independent 59.27%.
UPDATE: here is a newer state compilation, dated Feb. 1, 2014: Republican 32.45%, Democratic 7.64%, Libertarian .46%, Constitution .23%, other or independent 59.23%.
In November 2012, the percentages were: Republican 25.02%, Democratic 4.62%, Libertarian .17%, Constitution .07%, other or independent 70.13%. Idaho did not have partisan registration until mid-2011, and in the beginning, all voters were deemed independent, until they took actions to register into a party. That is why the percentage of people registered in parties is so much higher now than it was in 2012.
Idaho Democratic Party registration is still so low, that if Idaho had Pennsylvania’s election laws, the Democrats would be off the ballot. Pennsylvania only gives automatic ballot access to parties that have 15% of the state registration total. Thanks to Michael for the link.
Idaho will probably never see the days of getting a Frank Church elected to Congress again. Idaho wins with Church was one of his campaign themes, back in the days.
The LP needs to do what it can to grow here. A great opportunity for them.
And it looks like they already got some good growth going here – from .17% to .46%
Another State where LP registration per-centage haqs increased. Those Ds and Rs who continue to claim, all too often shrilly, that the LP is a dead end are proved more wrong every month.
Jeff Daiell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juIqYHN-Dak
Looking through that chart was interesting. In Jerome County there are almost as many members of the Constitution Party as there are Democrats.