unaffiliated voters
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Colorado Republicans again weigh whether to boot unaffiliated voters from party primaries | TRAIL MIX
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For the fifth time since Colorado voters created the state’s semi-open primary system, Republican Party officials are set to decide if unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the party’s upcoming primary. More than 400 members of the Republicans’ state central committee are scheduled to convene on the morning of Sept. 27 on the University of…
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Federal court to determine unaffiliated voters’ eligibility to participate in primaries
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A hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Colorado will decide whether Republicans can obtain a preliminary injunction against the state to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the June 28 primary. A decision from Judge John Kane could come as soon as Friday, according to the Department of Law. The state GOP central committee…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | What we learned about the ‘U’ Factor
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published July 20. Colorado’s unaffiliated voters participated for the first time in the June primary election at higher rates than nearly anyone had anticipated. The backers of the ballot measure that established the…
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters just don’t like Trump, and Republicans reaped the result
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Mark Hillman Colorado’s 2018 midterm election was an across-the-board smackdown to Republicans. Democrats won every statewide office for the first time in 80 years and gained their largest legislative majority since 1958. In several local elections, voters rejected Republicans and chose Democrats who were either manifestly unqualified or incredibly outside the mainstream. Shell-shocked Republicans are asking,…
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Poll finds unaffiliated voters in Colo. don’t like GOP or Trump
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters turned out for last week’s election in record numbers and turned their backs on Republicans by wide margins, a survey conducted by a GOP polling firm shows. What’s more, President Donald Trump’s low approval rating among unaffiliated voters – who outnumber Colorado’s registered Democrats and Republicans – appears to have dragged down…
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NOONAN | Unaffiliateds went blue this time — but could make or break either party
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One more hindsight look at the Colorado elections shines light on the mystery of unaffiliated (UAF) voters. At about 39 percent of active registered voters in the state, the UAFs now call the shots, but lawmakers must wonder how they decide to take aim. Jefferson County is ground zero for contested elections. Voter registration between…
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NOONAN | Numbers don’t lie: Colorado is getting purpler — and leaning left
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Voter registration numbers give hard figures that describe current trends, and from July 2018 through September, registration numbers continued to move toward Unaffiliateds (UAF) in Colorado, big time. Three large metro Denver counties paint the picture of the state’s shade of purple. Secretary of state records show Adams County with 243,227 active voters. The county…
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NOONAN | Unaffiliated voters are on a roll in Colorado
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Between 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president and 2010, during the Great Recession and the Tea Party Revolution, the Democratic Party lost 219,111 active voter registrations in Colorado and active voters declined from 76 percent in 2008 to 56 percent in 2010. In 2010, Republicans were at a peak, with 39 percent of active…
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COVER STORY | What we learned about the ‘U’ Factor
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters participated for the first time in last month’s primary election at higher rates than nearly anyone had anticipated. The backers of the ballot measure that established the state’s semi-open primary are declaring the results a success, while strategists say the record-setting vote totals point to a highly engaged electorate heading into the…
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Maybe the unaffiliated wild card won’t turn out to be so wild after all
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In primary voting that concludes today, for the first time in history, Colorado’s 1.2 million unaffiliated voters can cast a ballot in a Republican or Democrat primary. Ballots were mailed to all voters, affiliated and unaffiliated alike, on June 4. Those 1.2 million “active unaffiliated voters” received both Republican and Democrat ballots, and they could…
