NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 15, 2015
CONTACT: State Election Board PIO Bryan Dean, (405) 522-6624 bdean@elections.ok.gov
Republicans become largest political party for the first time in state history
(Oklahoma City) – Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats in Oklahoma for the first time in state history according to official annual voter registration statistics released Thursday, State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said.
The state’s official voter registration statistics are counted every year on January 15. Today’s count showed 2,030,277 registered voters as of Jan. 15, 2015. Republicans accounted for 43.6 percent of registered voters. Democrats made up 43.5 percent, and Independents were 12.9 percent. Nine voters are registered as Americans Elect, a political organization which qualified as a political party in 2012 but lost its party status after failing to field a candidate in the 2012 Presidential Election.
Oklahoma’s registered voters:
JAN. 15, 2015
DEMOCRATS 882,686….43.5%
REPUBLICANS 886,153….43.6%
AMERICANS 9….N/A
INDEPENDENTS 261,429….12.9%
TOTAL 2,030,277
HISTORICAL VOTER REGISTRATION IN OKLAHOMA
The State Election Board began recording statewide voter registration statistics by party in 1960.
YEAR DEM REP IND OTHER
1960 82.0% 17.6% 0.4% N/A
1980 75.8% 22.8% 1.4% N/A
2000 56.7% 35.0% 8.3% *
2010 49.0% 39.9% 11.1% *
JAN. 15, 2015 43.5% 43.6% 12.9% *
*Registration for minor recognized parties or political organization was less than 0.0001%.
To view historical voter registration statistics or to download a voter registration application, visit http://elections.ok.gov.
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