Gallup polling 31% of Americans identified as Democrat, 24% Republican, 42% Independent "VOTE"

[mitty14u2]

Gallup polling found that 31% of Americans identified as Democrat, 24% identified as Republican, and 42% as Independent

10/19/2016 - America hits new landmark: 200 million registered voters

The 2016 campaign may have reached dispiriting new lows, but voter registration in America has soared to new heights as 200 million people are now registered to vote for the first time in U.S. history.

Tom Bonier, CEO of TargetSmart, said national registration now stands at 200,081,377 voters.

The figure means more than 50 million new people have registered to vote in the past eight years. Only 146.3 million were registered as recently as 2008, when then-Sen. Barack Obama first won the White House — a remarkable 33 percent surge in the electorate during a single presidency.

Previously, the biggest turnout in presidential election history came in 2008, when 131.4 million people voted (turnout dipped slightly to 129.2 million in 2012).

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/how-many-registered-voters-are-in-america-2016-229993

We have to VOTE and put Republicans away Even when they Cheat we will still have enough to WIN!

[Not Ruth]

1. Many of the newly registered voters may be Russian hackers

[Wwcd]

2. Could be. By the looks of Trumps pathetic inaugural crowd

60 mill voted for Trump but the size of the inaug crowd told a different story.

BOTS CAN'T SHOW UP IN PERSON.

[rufus dog]

3. Seems like a strange jump

Either there is a huge Hispanic increase along with youth or something strange is going on. There may also be an increase of white, non evangelical, racists who are emboldened by tRump.

The Colorado numbers seem to suggest Hispanics are pissed off and registering, would like to see detail in AZ and NV.

[Not Ruth]

4. The only way to hurt the Russian hackers is to verify every voter

[RDANGELO]

5. The article is a year old. n/t

[Proud liberal 80]

6. A lot of those independents

Are conservatives who don’t like the republicans because they aren’t conservative enough. However, they always vote republican.

[SunSeeker]

7. And a lot always vote Dem. There is only a tiny sliver that straddle the middle. nt

[Awsi Dooger]

8. Registration drives should be prioritized now

I was reading the article and absolutely shocked that the percentage of new registrants was so comparatively balanced. Made no sense. Then I stepped back and realized it was a year old.

No kidding. You could double our net gain if the same registration intensity were being applied right now.

[Turbineguy]

9. It seems to me that "independent"

in many cases means, "I'm a republican but don't want you to think I'm an idiot."

[pnwmom]

10. Where in the link does it say that 42% of Americans are Independent?

Nowhere that I could see.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. That seems to come from Gallup figures for early Oct this year

http://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx