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RandySF

(58,903 posts) Sat Nov 2, 2013, 05:08 PM Nov 2013

Dkos: The GOP has achieved third party status in Delaware

erhaps is was Christine O'Donnell, or it might have been the government shutdown. But a recent The University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication poll shows that the two largest parties in the State of Delaware are the Democrats (40%) and Independents (34%), with the GOP bringing up the rear at 22%.

Independents, Other Party, Don't Know Party lean Democratic 33%, Republican 30% - so even among the I's the Democratic Party is the party of choice.

That is polling data. In other words, a mere 22% percent of Delaware voters admit to being republicans. The actual voter registration numbers are lagging behind voter sentiment, but are nearly as bad:

Out of 303,157 voters in Delaware 180,041 (48%) are Democrats. 123,116 (28%) are registered Republicans, and 24% are other.

Basically, the GOP in Delaware is hemorrhaging members. If another 6,000 people make their preference official, the GOP will be a third party.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/02/1252602/-The-GOP-has-achieved-third-party-status-in-Delaware

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Dkos: The GOP has achieved third party status in Delaware (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2013 OP

wish that was true in every state... chillfactor Nov 2013 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #2

I loved living in Delaware etherealtruth Nov 2013 #7

New Jersey as of May; 2.6 M unaffiliated, 1.8 M Dems, 1.1 M Repubs. FarCenter Nov 2013 #3

Cute, but that isn't how it works. FBaggins Nov 2013 #4

Actually, I think there is quakerboy Nov 2013 #10

You can't beat somebody with nobody BlueStreak Nov 2013 #5

Excellent I heard that they are getting close to that in California also gopiscrap Nov 2013 #6

They all hate one another in DE jberryhill Nov 2013 #8

Is "Independent" an actual party NewJeffCT Nov 2013 #9

No, it isn't a party Motown_Johnny Nov 2013 #11

chillfactor

(7,576 posts)

1. wish that was true in every state...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 05:15 PM

Nov 2013

but Delaware is a step forward......

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etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

7. I loved living in Delaware

Reply to Name removed (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 05:54 PM

Nov 2013

only lived there a few years, but often wonder why I left

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)

3. New Jersey as of May; 2.6 M unaffiliated, 1.8 M Dems, 1.1 M Repubs.

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Sat Nov 2, 2013, 05:33 PM

Nov 2013

FBaggins

(26,748 posts)

4. Cute, but that isn't how it works.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 05:41 PM

Nov 2013

"Other" isn't a party... nor is "independent"

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)

10. Actually, I think there is

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 08:12 PM

Nov 2013

a "independant party" registered in various places.

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

5. You can't beat somebody with nobody

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 05:51 PM

Nov 2013

Supporting "none of the above" is not the same thing as supporting a real party. We need to see another party actually get more votes than the GOP. I don't know if that could be the Greens, Libertarians, or some other party. But once it happens in a couple of states, we could see this hopeless 2-party arrangement start to crumble in a big way nationally.

It could happen sooner than you think. In the last two Presidential elections, the winner of the White House was not from the Democratic Party, nor from the Republican Party. He was from the Obama Party, which had very little contact with the Democratic Party, for better or worse.

And in the last election cycle, the vast majority of the Right-wing money did not flow through the Republican Party. The parties are already well on their way to being irrelevant.