The Next Great Migration: The Rise of Independent Voters

The Open Primaries Education Fund just produced a New Groundbreaking Report: The Next Great Migration: The Rise of Independent Voters.

The Rise of Independent Voters has been Ignored or Dismissed by most Political Analysts, even as they’ve become the Fastest Growing Group of Voters in the Country. The Open Primaries Education Fund hopes to Change that.

They Analyzed the Data in States that Register Voters by Party. What they found is striking:

- Independent Voters are now the Largest or Second Largest group of Voters in Half the States that require Registration by Party. This Growth is Across All Regions of the United States and taking place in States dominated by One Major Political Party and in States where the Parties are at Parity.

- At Current Rates of Growth, Independent Voters will become the Largest or Second Largest Group of Registered Voters in 24 of the 30 States that require Registration by Party by 2035.

- Most States are seeing a Significant Decline in Party Membership.

Yet, most States operate within a Framework that Assumes All Americans are Members of the Democratic or Republican Parties and Privileges that Position. Registered Independent Voters are subjected to: Legal; Political; and Administrative, Bias and Exclusion.

That’s most obvious in Publicly Funded, yet Closed Primaries, but it’s present in All Aspects of Election Administration including Gerrymandering, Campaign Finance Laws, and even who can Serve as Poll Workers.

The Report includes Forewords from: Danny Ortega, former Board Chair of the National Council of La Raza; and Oklahoma City Mayor, David Holt.

The Report Offers Several Prescriptions for Reform:

- Eliminate Party Registration as a Component of Voter Registration.

- Adopt Nonpartisan Primary Elections.

- Restructure the Federal Election Commission.










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