The Democratic Party is hemorrhaging Democrats

[eohrnberger]

How many states have engaged in purging voter roles?

The purging (maintenance of accuracy) of voters rolls is appropriate and important.

What are voter rolls?​

Voter rolls are voter registration lists – the list of actively registered voters who can vote in an upcoming election within a particular jurisdiction. The list of registered voters is incredibly important as it informs whether or not a voter can cast a ballot based on whether their name appears on the list. Voter rolls are maintained by local and state governments.​

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What does voter roll maintenance or cleaning of voter rolls refer to?​

Voter rolls are constantly changing as new voters register and existing registrants move, change their name, pass away or otherwise become ineligible.​

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Because of the importance of these lists, states are required to keep voter registration rolls as accurate and up-to-date as possible. This is called voter roll list maintenance or cleaning the voter rolls.​

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Why is it important to keep voter rolls accurate and current?​

. . .​

Voter Rolls and Voter Purging - Rock the Vote

The list of registered voters who can cast a ballot in an election. Several states have recently abused their power to purge millions of voters from the rolls.

www.rockthevote.org

How to avoid being purged?

Link provided.

Move yourself out of the column they’re targeting.

Oh please. This not supported by anything other than your imagination run wild.

 

[Slavister]

WOW!!!
Really?
There's forty thousand more new Republicans than Democrats?
That's not even enough to populate Mansfield Texas, which by the way just re-elected a Democratic Mayor.

I think you misread it. The difference would be 360,000, not 40,000... and that's during a few months.

 

[Along Came Jones]

...and to that point I think the dip in Democrats is indeed largely due to liberals growing sick and tired OF platitudes BY establishment Democrats.
What's funny about this thread however is that the OP seems to be implying that Trump and MAGA are enjoying a surge in popularity.

Find the implication.

The Democratic party is hemorrhaging registered Democrats, that is. The really bad news for Democrats is the Republican party is gaining more registered Republicans. The source for this claim is an analysis published today by the New York Times. I found the analysis so startling that at the end of the following quote the link is gifted to make it accessible for those interested. I hope you read, reflect, comment and debate its merits.

Did you read the analysis? I gifted it.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

That is curious. People more informed than you or I seem deeply perplexed by the shrinkage. Read the analysis to learn why. The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis, Shane Goldmacher & Jonah Smith, The New York Times, 8/20/2025 (Gifted article)

Sorry but I'm not perplexed because I know what's driving it.
I'm deeply dissatisfied with the Democratic Party but it's the mealy mouthed Chuck Schumers and his well entrenched establishment buddies that are at the root of that.
It's not because liberalism is failing, it's because liberals are being told by establishment Dems to play nicey nice with the fascists.

 

[Lycanthrope]

No good candidates can from from Republican party of today. Zero.

No good candidtate that kneels for Taco, I agree. I hold out for the possibility that one can or might exist.

 

[CimpleMan]

The Democratic party is hemorrhaging registered Democrats, that is. The really bad news for Democrats is the Republican party is gaining more registered Republicans. The source for this claim is an analysis published today by the New York Times. I found the analysis so startling that at the end of the following quote the link is gifted to make it accessible for those interested. I hope you read, reflect, comment and debate its merits.

The Democratic Party is hemorrhaging voters long before they even go to the polls.

Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a lot.

That four-year swing toward the Republicans adds up to 4.5 million voters, a deep political hole that could take years for Democrats to climb out from.

The stampede away from the Democratic Party is occurring in battleground states, the bluest states and the reddest states, too, according to a new analysis of voter registration data by The New York Times. The analysis used voter registration data compiled by L2, a nonpartisan data firm.

Few measurements reflect the luster of a political party’s brand more clearly than the choice by voters to identify with it — whether they register on a clipboard in a supermarket parking lot, at the Department of Motor Vehicles or in the comfort of their own home.

And fewer and fewer Americans are choosing to be Democrats. -- The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis, Shane Goldmacher & Jonah Smith, The New York Times, 8/20/2025 (Gifted article)

Partly can be explained by who won and lost last election cycle. Certainly enough anger and embarrassment from losing to a felon to drive people away from being associated with Democratic Party. After losing in 84 and 88 I left Democratic Party for awhile just because of the losing.

Based on Gallup reason to believe it's stabilizing.

Democrats Regain Advantage in Party Affiliation

Americans' party identification has shifted from a Republican advantage in 2024 to a Democratic advantage in the second quarter of 2025.

news.gallup.com

 

[BirdinHand]

The purging (maintenance of accuracy) of voters rolls is appropriate and important.

What are voter rolls?​

Voter rolls are voter registration lists – the list of actively registered voters who can vote in an upcoming election within a particular jurisdiction. The list of registered voters is incredibly important as it informs whether or not a voter can cast a ballot based on whether their name appears on the list. Voter rolls are maintained by local and state governments.​

​

What does voter roll maintenance or cleaning of voter rolls refer to?​

Voter rolls are constantly changing as new voters register and existing registrants move, change their name, pass away or otherwise become ineligible.​

​

Because of the importance of these lists, states are required to keep voter registration rolls as accurate and up-to-date as possible. This is called voter roll list maintenance or cleaning the voter rolls.​

​

Why is it important to keep voter rolls accurate and current?​

. . .​

Voter Rolls and Voter Purging - Rock the Vote

The list of registered voters who can cast a ballot in an election. Several states have recently abused their power to purge millions of voters from the rolls.

www.rockthevote.org

Link provided.


Oh please. This not supported by anything other than your imagination run wild.

Is it?

Over 100,000 Democrat voters purged from Miami-Dade rolls since February

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party has raised the alarm among its voters that Democrats are being removed from active voter status twice as often as Republicans in Miami-Dade County.

www.wlrn.org

 

[bomberfox]

They (Democrats) don't seem to have anyone who knows how to craft a message that resonates with a critical mass of citizens. Trump does, even as he screws them over with tariffs and grifts his way through the presidency to the tune of hundreds of millions in personal wealth gain. But none of that matters because "he talks like we do!"

That's not being derisive, it's recognizing his skill in crafting a narrative that enough people respond to even while he sets fire to the world around them.

They also fund campaigns for magats.

 

[Pound4abrown]

The only reason to even HAVE party registration is for primary elections.

So I don’t find this to really be a strong metric for anything.

More and more people are registering as unaffiliated or independent - and have been for years.

I’ve changed my own registration to and from DNC to unaffiliated numerous times. If I’m unaffiliated, I can choose which primary to vote in.

Truth.
In Maine you cannot vote in primaries unless you are affiliated. I am an independent, but not a Green Independent, so I am listed on the rolls as Unaffiliated.

 

[BirdinHand]

Find the implication.

The Democratic party is hemorrhaging registered Democrats, that is. The really bad news for Democrats is the Republican party is gaining more registered Republicans. The source for this claim is an analysis published today by the New York Times. I found the analysis so startling that at the end of the following quote the link is gifted to make it accessible for those interested. I hope you read, reflect, comment and debate its merits.

Did you read the analysis? I gifted it.

The Republican Party is in 3rd place for registered members nationally.

Democrats are 1, Unaffiliated/Independents and 2, Republicans are 3.

Democratic registration has been declining.
Republican registration has ticked up slightly.

But the number REALLY growing is the independent/unaffiliated.


You are ignoring the big picture to favor a partisan storyline.

Why?

 

[venice_ca]

It just occurred to me that there’s a good reason NOT to register as a Democrat in California — nonstop mailers from the party.

Plus, if you’re really dumb and ignorant as I was, and give your mobile number to receive updates on the status of your ballot, your text messages are a death battle between Dems and those sites you gave a number to receive a discount on your first purchase (inevitably I never purchase anything).

 

[iguanaman]

Yep. All of the above, and the 2024 election proved it in more ways than one when the Democrats lost a great deal of the working-class voters, plus nonwhite groups like Latinos and Black men, all who shifted toward Republicans.

Trump got way more votes from "disengaged" voters who do not follow the news and that made the difference. They voted Trump because they were better off in 2018-19 under Trump than after the covid inflation under Biden. They are now turning on Trump because they are worse off than under Biden. The GOP is in big trouble in the midterms and 2028. About half of America are disengaged voters.

What do disengaged voters think about Trump now?​

Trump's job approval rating is down 33 points among people who read or watch little to no news​

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-do-disengaged-voters-think-about

 

[eohrnberger]

Is it?

Over 100,000 Democrat voters purged from Miami-Dade rolls since February

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party has raised the alarm among its voters that Democrats are being removed from active voter status twice as often as Republicans in Miami-Dade County.

www.wlrn.org

From your own citation:

In a recent fundraising email, the party says it’s investigating Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia, who is a Republican. They are looking into her office’s removal of more than 100,000 registered Democrats from the rolls since February.​

From a fund raising email? Err, yeah, that's not really a credible source now, is it?

Further, it seems those removals were on a legal basis - gee you forgot to mention this in hopes of ginning up fauxrage?

Cited from the AI I asked about this:

Reasons for Voter Removal​

Legal Justifications​

• The Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, Alina Garcia, states that these removals were conducted legally.
• Voters were purged due to a lack of contact with the elections office for four years, and their mail was returned as undeliverable.

Political Implications​

• The Miami-Dade Democratic Party claims that the purges disproportionately affected Democratic and non-party affiliated voters.
• They argue that the removals are part of a strategy to shift voter demographics in favor of the Republican Party.

This supports my previous citation, specific to why keeping accurate voter rolls is important.

 

[Gardener]

Sure.

Define "woman".

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

You are ignoring the big picture to favor a partisan storyline.
Why?

The avatar seems to indicate the OP's love of being a crusading cowboy lawman, that might be a hint....
"Along came Jones", and suddenly "teh libtards scattered"....it's a common theme
often found in strawman, callout and concern garbage threads.

Independents are and have BEEN the largest voting bloc in the USA by far for well over a decade or more, and both parties seem to be asleep at the wheel, ignoring the yellow flashing lights
up ahead.
But we're supposed to infer that Trump has now finished off liberalism for good and we're supposed to heed the warning from the crusading cowboy lawmen.

Cue "GO WOKE GO BROKE", "LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER" and of course, "ALL LIBS ARE COMMIES WHO HATE AMERICA".

 

[bythoughts]

Wonder how many dropped a democratic affiliation out of fear of being targeted by this Administration for being a Democrat?

I'm considering it myself. What is the point of sitting around waiting to be told in a louder voice? When the Democratic National Committee has already stolen, not one, but TWO presidential primaries in a row? When the Democrats I see in Washington do nothing but symbolic, hopeless votes on causes they aren't even thinking through? When the Democrats I see here want to cheer on hackers who go after companies with death threats in order to get some lady fired because she doesn't have sympathy for illegals? I mean, it really isn't my party, so should I wait till 1934?

 

[Along Came Jones]

The Republican Party is in 3rd place for registered members nationally.

Democrats are 1, Unaffiliated/Independents and 2, Republicans are 3.

Democratic registration has been declining.
Republican registration has ticked up slightly.

But the number REALLY growing is the independent/unaffiliated.


You are ignoring the big picture to favor a partisan storyline.

Why?

Based on registration data provided by the 30 states which provide such information: Combining both the Democratic and Republican parties’ registered totals, the major parties make up 82.9 million voters, compared to 39.2 million for independents and other third parties. -- Democrats and Republicans make up over two-thirds of registered voters in the U.S., Joseph Brusgard, Ballotpedia, 8/12/2025

Americans’ political party preferences remained closely divided in 2024, with the Republican Party having a slight edge for the third consecutive year. Overall, 46% of Americans identified as Republicans or independents who leaned toward the Republican Party, compared with 45% who identified as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents. Prior to 2022, Republicans only had a slight edge once before, in 1991. -- GOP Holds Edge in Party Affiliation for Third Straight Year, Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup, 1/16/2025

Why do these citations matter? Visit Ballotpedia's Presidential Election 2024 page. You will see two dozen candidates ran for the office. Two dozen. Independent/unaffiliated voters, if we could put a number for them, eventually most voted for either the Democratic or Republican slates.

That is the premise of the New York Times' analysis: "Few measurements reflect the luster of a political party’s brand more clearly than the choice by voters to identify with it"

You questioned and asked me, "You are ignoring the big picture to favor a partisan storyline. Why?"

I must answer the claim and question with one of my own. Which partisan side am I favoring by presenting and gifting an analysis from the New York Times?

 

[Along Came Jones]

The avatar seems to indicate the OP's love of being a crusading cowboy lawman, that might be a hint....
"Along came Jones", and suddenly "teh libtards scattered"....it's a common theme
often found in strawman, callout and concern garbage threads.

Independents are and have BEEN the largest voting bloc in the USA by far for well over a decade or more, and both parties seem to be asleep at the wheel, ignoring the yellow flashing lights
up ahead.
But we're supposed to infer that Trump has now finished off liberalism for good and we're supposed to heed the warning from the crusading cowboy lawmen.

Cue "GO WOKE GO BROKE", "LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER" and of course, "ALL LIBS ARE COMMIES WHO HATE AMERICA".

The avatar seems to indicate the OP's love of being a crusading cowboy lawman, that might be a hint....
"Along came Jones", and suddenly "teh libtards scattered"....it's a common theme
often found in strawman, callout and concern garbage threads.

Independents are and have BEEN the largest voting bloc in the USA by far for well over a decade or more, and both parties seem to be asleep at the wheel, ignoring the yellow flashing lights
up ahead.
But we're supposed to infer that Trump has now finished off liberalism for good and we're supposed to heed the warning from the crusading cowboy lawmen.

Cue "GO WOKE GO BROKE", "LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER" and of course, "ALL LIBS ARE COMMIES WHO HATE AMERICA".

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Re: The avatar seems to indicate the OP's love of being a crusading cowboy lawman, that might be a hint....
"Along came Jones", and suddenly "teh libtards scattered"....it's a common theme
often found in strawman, callout and concern garbage threads.

Do you perform mind reading tricks at parties too? Actually, a cowboy hero is involved in selecting my avatar, but the inspiration came from something meant to keep me from taking myself and others too seriously. Enjoy.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Define "woman".

Some who covers their drinks at a bar around maga men.

 

[reinaert]

The numbers seem accurate. What it means is much less clear.

 

[RedFishBlueFish]

The Democratic Party has completely lost its direction and purpose, and the New Guard leaders who are emerging are even worse than the Old Guard (IMO).

HaHaHa! The GOP is now the Party of Autocracy but it's the Democratic Party that's lost it's direction and purpose. HaHa. Good one!