Leave it to veteran newshound Lynn Bartels – now of course the communications chief for Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams – to follow up with some hard data from last week’s celebration of National Voter Registration Day. In a nutshell, the unaffiliated voters carried the day – as is increasingly the case in Colorado elections.

As Bartels reports on her blog, 953 people registered to vote in Colorado on Tuesday of last week; 454 of those opted to become unaffiliated, 285 went Democrat, and 190 registered as Republicans. The rest affiliated with third parties. Bottom line: Voters continue to give the cold shoulder to the two major parties, and the state remains purple – at least, as far as voter registration goes.

The data was released by the Secretary of State’s Office on Monday. Here’s more –

The five top counties with the most registrants were:

El Paso: 139

Denver: 128

Arapahoe: 113

Larimer: 100

Jefferson: 81

In addition, Boulder County registered 63 people and Adams and Douglas counties each registered 61.

Bartels points out:

Colorado boasts the highest percentage of registered voters in America among its eligible population. In addition, the turnout among registered voters in Colorado in the 2016 presidential election was 74.5 percent, the fourth highest in the nation, with 2.9 million voters casting ballots.