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Iowa GOP voter registration surpasses Democrats
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Apr 30, 2012 09:38am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Jennifer Jacobs |
| Media | Newspaper - Des Moines Register |
| News Date | Monday, April 2, 2012 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "After an effort to clean up the voter registration rolls, the GOP has ended up with a nearly 4,000 voter advantage over Democrats in Iowa after being down about 3,000 last month.
It’s the first time Republicans have been ahead of Democrats in active registered voters in about six years, records show.
The news prompted Iowa GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker to tweet: “Iowa Turns Red!” But Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky noted Iowa is still a purple state – independent voters still outnumber both political parties.
New data published today by the Iowa Secretary of State shows there are 611,990 active registered Republicans and 607,999 active registered Democrats. That means the GOP is ahead by 3,991 voters, according to records updated through the end of March.
But the records also show that each political group – Democrats, Republicans and independents – lost numbers between last month and this month, records show. Republicans just lost fewer than Democrats.
The shift follows a “maintenance effort” by Republican Secretary of State Matt Schultz in February and early March. The effort to improve the accuracy of the voter rolls used post cards to confirm voters’ addresses and voting status. Those with an unverified address were bumped from the active rolls." |
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