unaffiliated voters
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters just don’t like Trump, and Republicans reaped the result
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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Poll: Colorado’s unaffiliated voters favor Democrats, strongly dislike Trump
Unaffiliated voters in Colorado plan to vote in the Democratic primary in sharply higher numbers than in the Republican primary, a poll released Tuesday shows. What’s more, the unaffiliated voters who say they plan to vote in the November election hold significantly more favorable views of the leading Democratic candidates for governor than the leading Republicans.…
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WATCH if you’re an unaffiliated voter in Colorado
If you’re an unaffiliated voter in Colorado, you will receive two ballots. You only get to turn in ONE. In the video above, 9News Reporter Marshall Zelinger explains how the process works on Next with Kyle Clark. Colorado unaffiliated voters are getting two primary ballots. They only get to return one. (KUSA-9News, Denver)
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More Colo. Republicans vote early, but unaffiliateds are breaking left
If this is going to be a blue-wave year for Democrats, the first week of early voting certainly doesn’t suggest it. So far, Republicans are voting in bigger numbers than Democrats as the race to the June 26 primary unfolds. As of Thursday, 90,391 Democrats had returned ballots compared to 94,013 from Republican voters, according…