NM voter registration up 5.5% from 2006 « New Mexico Independent

By Matthew Reichbach 10/18/10 11:16 AM

Although voter registration statewide has risen 5.5 percent since 2006, slightly fewer new voters are registering Republican, while Democrats’ registrations held steady.

Democrats still maintain a voter registration advantage in the state overall. Nearly half, 49 percent, of the voters in the state are registered Democrats, a rate unchanged since 2006. Republicans make up 32 percent of the electorate, but that number is down slightly from 33 percent in 2006.

Registration in Bernalillo County, the state’s most populous county, rose by 44,751. This is nearly 70 percent of the gain in statewide voter registrations since 2006 and an increase of 11 percent in the county itself. The gains are mostly from Democrats, with 28,088 more registered Democrats in 2010 than 2006, while Republicans gained 5,287 party members. Decline to state, known to some as independents, gained 8,011 voters and third-parties like the Green and Libertarian parties added 3,365 voters.

NM voter registration up 5.5% from 2006 « New Mexico Independent

How does 32% take power? When the rest surrender it.