Seeking current national voter registration stats for 2008?

[lightwing1]

I have looked all over the web for current data that includes 3rd parties and can find none. I did read an article estimating 42mill dems and 31mill repubs. I also caught sniffs of suggestions in some state-specific articles that alot of people are registering 3rd party. I was hoping to find some info to back this up.

Does anyone have links to any data that could help me on this? Appreciate any and all help. Thanks.

[Sarge]

This was all I could find.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)

25% third party in 2004. I know in AZ that number has grown since then.

Their might be enough now, with the recent bail out, to make a difference this Nov.

If there enough mad about M and O voting for the bailout who knows?

[Truth Warrior]

Voting And Registration
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html

[lightwing1]

Thanks Sarge and Truth Warrior. What I am looking for is some kind of data that supports my hunch that third parties are becoming more popular. 2006 data won't reflect recent events which I am guessing might drive this. Possibly too soon to have data collated. I'll keep my eyes peeled and post back here if I find anything.

On the road to discovery, found this: According to Wikipedia (or at least their chart), Libertarians are the middle (moderate?) party. Interesting Visual: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States

Who would have thunk it? I thought I was one of the radicals! LOL!

[lightwing1]

From Wikipedia:

Registration by party

Ballot access expert Richard Winger, the editor of Ballot Access News, periodically compiles and analyzes voter registration statistics as reported by state voter agencies, and he reports that as of March 2008, the Libertarians ranked sixth in voter registration nationally. The Reform Party ranked third with 391,915; the Constitution Party ranked fourth, with 384,722 registrants; while the Greens counted 261,754 and the Libertarians 225,529.

However, Winger says, nearly all of the 328,261 California voters affiliated with the Constitution Party are actually registrants of California's American Independent Party – and they so registered in the belief that they were registering as independents (i.e., not associating with any political party). The American Independent Party is a remnant of the segregationist party George Wallace founded for his race in 1972; within the last decade, the AIP has de facto merged with the Constitution Party.

The Libertarians ranked third in twelve states, the Greens ranked third in five states and DC, the Constitution Party ranked third in three states, and the Reform Party ranked third in one state (27 states allow voters to affiliate with a party; others prohibit voters from registering with third parties).

Other measures

Another possible measure of support for each party is the relative popularity of the organization's web site. According to Alexa Internet Traffic Reports, the Libertarian Party Website is currently the highest ranked official political party website in the United States.[citation needed]

If this is true, Hoo Yah! :)

Ballot access

As of September 23, 2008, the Libertarian Party is on the ballot in the following 46 states for 2008. The Party has more ballot lines than any other third-party by comparison to the Green Party (on 24 ballots) and the Constitution Party (on 14 ballots).

1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Delaware
8. Florida
9. Georgia
10. Hawaii
11. Idaho
12. Illinois
13. Indiana
14. Iowa
15. Kansas
16. Kentucky
17. Louisiana
18. Maryland
19. Massachusetts
20. Michigan
21. Minnesota
22. Mississippi
23. Missouri
24. Montana
25. Nebraska
26. Nevada
27. New Hampshire
28. New Jersey
29. New Mexico
30. New York
31. North Carolina
32. North Dakota
33. Ohio
34. Oregon
35. Pennsylvania
36. Rhode Island
37. South Carolina
38. South Dakota
39. Tennessee
40. Texas
41. Utah
42. Vermont
43. Virginia
44. Washington
45. Wisconsin
46. Wyoming

Ballot access only for presidential candidate

Working on ballot access

There are a number of states currently in the process of gaining Libertarian ballot access (in court or by petition) either for the party as a whole or just for the party's 2008 presidential nominee.

1. Oklahoma - lawsuit against Oklahoma's ban on out-of-state circulators is currently pending in the 10th circuit


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Links to Ballot Access News (referenced in article)

http://www.ballot-access.org/
http://www.ballot-access.org/ballot-chart.html

I didn't have time to read all the articles - but it seems a good site to track for this kind of stuff.

Cheers!