20 states don't have partisan registration. It's not a DNC concern when you literally physically can't register as a Democrat or a Republican in TX, GA, WI, MI, etc. I'd say more important than making people want to be registered Dems, is making people want to vote for Dems. Registration is the lagging trend that follows people wanting t…
20 states don't have partisan registration. It's not a DNC concern when you literally physically can't register as a Democrat or a Republican in TX, GA, WI, MI, etc. I'd say more important than making people want to be registered Dems, is making people want to vote for Dems. Registration is the lagging trend that follows people wanting to vote Dem or GOP, and accordingly Republicans gain when more people want to vote Republican. Can't get out of that hole by making registration "issue number 1".
But yes, unaffiliated registration continues to leave both parties in the dust, and it is heavily concentrated among young and/or non-white voters, groups that decidedly did not bail out Democrats last year.
20 states don't have partisan registration. It's not a DNC concern when you literally physically can't register as a Democrat or a Republican in TX, GA, WI, MI, etc. I'd say more important than making people want to be registered Dems, is making people want to vote for Dems. Registration is the lagging trend that follows people wanting to vote Dem or GOP, and accordingly Republicans gain when more people want to vote Republican. Can't get out of that hole by making registration "issue number 1".
But yes, unaffiliated registration continues to leave both parties in the dust, and it is heavily concentrated among young and/or non-white voters, groups that decidedly did not bail out Democrats last year.