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2017: 4,199 Escambia Voters Change Parties
December 29, 2017
Since January 1, 2017, a total of 4,199 Escambia County voters have changed party affiliation.
There were 620 voters who switched to the Democratic party, 894 that became Republicans, 2,455 who switched to no party and 230 that changed their registration to a minor party.
There are now 92,250 Republican voters in Escambia County, 70,073 Democrats, 41,238 with no party affiliation, and 1,168 registered with a minor party.
Source: Escambia County Supervisor of Elections.
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10 Responses to “2017: 4,199 Escambia Voters Change Parties”
Open primaries are just wrong and can be misused greatly. Crossover voting to get the other parties weakest candidate in the general election so their guy can win. It does happen. Why don’t you just form the independent party and problem solved. Or you could register.
May as well let everony from every country vote in our elections because they have a dog in the fight too.
@Nod,
All voters obviously have a “dog in the fight” as so eloquently put it, Independent voters are just not sheep blindly following a particular party. Twenty-three states currently have open primaries allowing Independent voters to vote for a single candidate of any party during the Primary election.
@david huie Green
What you’re missing is the two big Parties are already offering candidates
who are fools and prolly crooked too. If the money ( except for massive donors)
gets shut-off then they’ll maybe come around to “We The People”. I’m thinking
the great majority of INDEPENDENTS are conservative Americans who are sick
and tired of what we’ve seen since Reagan. Maybe someday in the far distant
future even some Liberals might break with their incessant desire to impose their
will on those that are pulling the wagon.
Ponderosa for ‘We The People”
@time for change, which primary would you vote in? Dem or repubs. Or should you be allowed to vote in both. If you do not have a dog in the fight them stay out. Primarys are for members of that party to pick their candidate, not for nonparty members to interfere
Now we just need the law changed allowing Independent voters the right to vote in the Primary Elections. As of now, Independent Voters can only vote in General Elections so the power of “we the people” is still limited here in Florida.
Now the NPA voters need to not cave in to the country club two party system and we can get our country back.
The problem with NPA is you can’t vote in a primary and closed primaries are good. It does show that people may be wanting to decide for themselves. Trump won because he was basically not entrenched in the two party system. Keep thinking people.
REGARDING:
“When the Independents (NPA) are bout 80% of registered voters we’ll have sent a big message to all phases of Government.”
The problem is that the nominations will still come from the parties with the associated risk that the parties may someday — in some imaginary, far distant future — offer candidates who are fools, crooked and/or with interests at odds to the good of the people in general and the people will have to choose from among poor choices.
William, if possible, it would be interesting to know what they switched FROM.
David for good choices
The trend is looking good for “We The People”. When the Independents (NPA)
are bout 80% of registered voters we’ll have sent a big message to all phases
of Government.