MAJOR PARTY SHARE OF REGISTRATION DROPS BELOW 65%
FOR FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 90 YEARS

 For the first time in at least ninety years (and probably for the first time ever), the percentage of voters who are registered into one or the other of the two major parties is below 65%.  Democratic Party registration is at an all-time low, and Republican Party registration is near its all-time low.  See the percentages below, for the period February 1993 through July 2026 (the two digit numbers in the “Date” column are the last two digits of the year):

This data was collected by B.A.N. and published in many past issues.  For years before 1993, no attempt was made to collect the data from all the states that have partisan registration.  But enough data is at hand for the period 1940 through 1991 to know that the two party registration in those years was even higher than in the 1990’s.  Data for the years 1940-1991 exists in published state sources for California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania.

The drop in major party share of the registrations is accelerating, as one can see from the December 2025 and July 2026 data.

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Here is the Alaska primary ballot for U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative. Daniel J. Sullivan, who is running for U.S. Senate, has no party label on the ballot even though he is a registered Republican. The Division of Elections initially refused to list him at all, but the State Supreme Court ordered that he be listed. In response, the Division has somewhat churlishly omitted his party label. The Director ofthe Division says this is to enable voters to distinguish between U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and Daniel J. Sullivan.

On July 22, some Florida Republican officials sued the Secretary of State, to force the Secretary of State to remove Libertarian Peter Jassenoff from the ballot. The challengers say Jassenoff paid his $10,440 filing fee with a check from his personal checking account, instead of from a checking account designated as a campaign finance checking account. The case is Republican Party of Florida v Jassenoff and Byrd, Leon County, 2026CA-1503.