Still, the Southern Tier district remains one with
a Republican voter enrollment edge and no Democrat has held the seat in nearly a century.
Not exact matches
Blank or unaffiliated
voters in New York continue to gain ground in
enrollment with registered
Republicans, statistic released Monday by the state Board of Elections show.
Even further back to the start of the decade in April,
Republicans had an
enrollment of 2.7 million, with unaffiliated
voters cresting at just over 2 million registrations.
The poll found Akshar leads Fiala 59 percent to 31 percent among likely
voters in the district that has a
Republican enrollment edge.
The Chautauqua County Board of Elections released its official 2018
voter registration
enrollment totals on Friday, revealing that, for the first time since 2008, there are more registered
Republicans in the county than Democrats.
«It's a 2 - 1 Democratic county,» Christopher Grant, a
Republican political consultant said, referencing the 130,000 Democratic
voter enrollment advantage over
Republicans in Erie County when asked about Howard's campaign spending.
Even if lawmakers redraw their own boundaries (which, given
voter enrollment, will have to look pretty crazy in order to stack the deck for
Republican senators), a presidential election year will makes their majority tenuous.
Republicans hold an
enrollment advantage in the district, but Batman has won races for Scipio town supervisor and Cayuga County Legislature in districts with more GOP
voters than Democrats.
Based on past election results,
enrollment figures, and fundraising totals, it's safe to assume that, barring any unexpected retirements, arrests or other major surprises, 23 seats currently controlled by Democrats, 21 seats controlled by
Republicans and each of the five districts held by the IDC will return members of the same party that
voters selected in 2014:
But after a GOP - led redistricting process last year,
Republicans have an
enrollment advantage of 5,658
voters over Democrats, according to Nassau Board of Elections records.
We started with the data on Greene County
voter enrollment: only 25 % were Democrats and more than 50 % were
Republicans or Conservatives.
And the incumbent's party has a significant edge in
enrollment: 38.5 percent of the town's 218,040
voters are registered
Republicans while 31.4 percent are registered Democrats.
Senate
Republicans vow to win the majority outright, noting they have made a habit of beating the odds even as New York
voter enrollment increased to its current 2:1 advantage for Democrats.
Despite its reputation as a
Republican stronghold, Democrats actually enjoy a five - to - three
enrollment advantage among active
voters.
Levy noted that while Nassau Democrats have an
enrollment edge of some 47,000
voters, Nassau
Republicans have historically voted in larger numbers.
Republicans have a small
voter enrollment advantage in the 50th District.
Registered Democrats outnumbered
Republicans by about 9,000
voters in Orange County at the end of March, a tiny increase in the
enrollment edge held by a party that used to be so deep in the minority that
Republicans commanded a 17,000 -
voter advantage as recently as 20 years ago.
Nearly 40 percent of the
voter enrollment — almost 60,000 people — is
Republican.
Republicans still maintain an
enrollment advantage in the district: Enrolled GOP
voters outnumber Democrats 69,801 to 61,006, according to the most recent Board of Elections data.
Still,
Republicans are concentrating heavily on the Southern Tier - based seat, which covers four counties and has a GOP
voter enrollment edge.
Senate
Republicans arguably have the most to lose with a non-independent process, while Senate Democrats hope their overwhelming
voter enrollment in New York will give them an edge with non-gerrymandered lines.
The race is to replace
Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in a Nassau County district in which Democrats have a clear
voter enrollment advantage.
Rather, DeFrancisco and other
Republicans say the mix of Valesky's political moves, the district's
voter enrollment and past campaign wins have made the party look elsewhere to keep its narrow majority in the Senate in this fall's elections.
The Democrats have a slight
enrollment edge with 27,763
voters to the
Republicans» 21,771.
While
Republican's hold an
enrollment advantage in the district, they do not represent a plurality, which means independent
voters will play a major factor.
He attributed the loss to
voter anger at incumbents and Democrats and to a
Republican party
enrollment advantage in the district, which consists of the Syracuse suburbs of Clay, Cicero, Manlius, Pompey and LaFayette.
While Democrats have the largest party
enrollment with 32,463 registered
voters to the
Republicans» 26,128
voters, there are 31,469 unaffiliated
voters the two major parties attempt to attract through the minor party lines.
«And I think that the risk is elevated in an environment like Westchester County, where there's a great disadvantage in
enrollment for
Republicans and a great reliance on Independent
voters.»
But as the town's population has since more than doubled, Democrats over those decades have gradually overtaken
Republicans in
voter enrollment — «like a glacier,» Kindel said.
In that election
Republicans held a slight
enrollment edge over Democrats, about 8,000 active
voters, and the margin is now less than 3,000 active
voters.
Republicans hold a
voter enrollment edge in the district.
Erie County
Republicans are cautiously optimistic about their candidates» chances this Tuesday, despite a Democratic
voter enrollment edge.
At the same time, there does not appear to be much appetite to allow
voters to switch
enrollment from a blank to membership in order to participate in primary, nor has there been much of an effort in previous years to open the state's primaries to those
voters not enrolled as Democrats or
Republicans.
Democrats hold an
enrollment advantage of more than 9000 in the county over
Republicans, but small parties and
voters not enrolled in any party are likely to hold the keys to the race.
Although the state does have a heavy Democratic
voter enrollment advantage, the GOP has held the state Senate nearly nonstop for decades, partly due to the drawing of Senate districts to maximize
Republican voters.
Democrats also have a
voter enrollment advantage over
Republicans in the district.
Republicans have a 14,000
voter edge over Democrats in active
voter enrollment in the district.
Democrats still hold the
enrollment edge in the 24th Congressional District, but with a large number of unaffiliated
voters and more registered Conservatives, there is a level playing field for the race between U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D - Syracuse, and
Republican challenger John Katko.
It has stayed in G.O.P. control for decades and has a
Republican enrollment advantage of more than 9,000 registered
voters, according to data with the state's Board of Elections.
According to updated
voter enrollment numbers posted on the state Board of Elections website, there are 156,588 registered Democrats and 149,770 registered
Republicans.
Given the
Republican enrollment disadvantage, there has to be some way for the
Republican to compete financially if he or she is going to break through with
voters.»
In most, if not all, of these districts, Board of Elections
voter enrollment data show registered Democrats outnumbering registered
Republican voters 4 - to - 1, or more in some cases.
Republicans hold around a 7,000
voter enrollment advantage, but President Barack Obama won it in both 2008 and 2012.
In addition,
Republicans, who two years ago held a 7,300 edge in
voter enrollment in the 6th Senate District, now trail Democrats 78,278 - 75,426 - a nearly 10,000 vote swing - a major change for Mejias, who has had to run in a heavily GOP county legislative district.
He is a
Republican in a city where Democrats have a 6 - to - 1
voter enrollment advantage.