The print edition of the New York Times of August 21 has a front-page story, “Democrats See Profound Loss in Registration”. It describes the declining share of voters who register as Democrats, in the period 2020-to the present. The story is basically accurate, but it fails to reveal that the trend has been in existence since 1992. Ballot Access News has documented this in the August 1, 2025 issue.
Also, oddly, the Times skipped Arkansas and Missouri, states which do ask about party affiliation on the voter registration form.
FAKE NEWS
Did the article include West Virginia? Republicans here just crossed the half million mark (500,858) with Democrats down to 334,253. In August 2016 it was reversed with 566841 Dems and 382172 Pubs. https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Documents/VoterRegistrationTotals/2016/Aug2016.pdf
Last month’s WV numbers: https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Documents/VoterRegistrationTotals/2025/Jul2025.pdf
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