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Gallup polling found that 31% of Americans identified as Democrat, 24% identified as Republican, and 42% as Independent
10/19/2016 - America hits new landmark: 200 million registered voters
The 2016 campaign may have reached dispiriting new lows, but voter registration in America has soared to new heights as 200 million people are now registered to vote for the first time in U.S. history.
Tom Bonier, CEO of TargetSmart, said national registration now stands at 200,081,377 voters.
The figure means more than 50 million new people have registered to vote in the past eight years. Only 146.3 million were registered as recently as 2008, when then-Sen. Barack Obama first won the White House a remarkable 33 percent surge in the electorate during a single presidency.
Previously, the biggest turnout in presidential election history came in 2008, when 131.4 million people voted (turnout dipped slightly to 129.2 million in 2012).
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/how-many-registered-voters-are-in-america-2016-229993
We have to VOTE and put Republicans away Even when they Cheat we will still have enough to WIN!
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)60 mill voted for Trump but the size of the inaug crowd told a different story.
BOTS CAN'T SHOW UP IN PERSON.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Either there is a huge Hispanic increase along with youth or something strange is going on. There may also be an increase of white, non evangelical, racists who are emboldened by tRump.
The Colorado numbers seem to suggest Hispanics are pissed off and registering, would like to see detail in AZ and NV.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)RDANGELO
(3,434 posts)Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)Are conservatives who dont like the republicans because they arent conservative enough. However, they always vote republican.
SunSeeker
(51,662 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I was reading the article and absolutely shocked that the percentage of new registrants was so comparatively balanced. Made no sense. Then I stepped back and realized it was a year old.
No kidding. You could double our net gain if the same registration intensity were being applied right now.
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)in many cases means, "I'm a republican but don't want you to think I'm an idiot."
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)Nowhere that I could see.