Nonpartisans make up Nevada’s largest group of voters

Non-partisan voters now make up Nevada’s largest group of registered voters, according to new data from the secretary of state. 

Voter registration statistics released earlier this week show nearly 32 percent of roughly 1.9 million active voters in Nevada are non-partisan. 

The more than 605,000 registered non-partisans edge out the almost 602,000 registered Democrats in the state, as well as 551,000 registered Republicans. 

That’s roughly 74,000 more non-partisan voters in Nevada than this time last year, before the midterm elections. 

At this point in 2019, ahead of the 2020 general election, just over 346,000 voters in the state were nonpartisan. 

The number of active voters overall went up by 13,430 during the month of July.

Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar noted in a statement that the overall uptick is due in large part to an automatic registration system the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles approved back in 2018. The Las Vegas Review-Journal notes voters who don’t select a party during the process are registered nonpartisan.

“No matter what party a voter chooses to register as, or if they choose no party at all, each voter has an equal voice in Nevada’s democratic process. This growth shows that the future of Nevada’s democracy is bright,” Aguilar said.