Secretary of State Michael Adams reported that more and more Kentuckians were registering to vote as the next election approached. 14,502 people registered to vote in July, according to Adams.
5,675 persons were deleted from the voter roll as a result of deaths, felonies, duplicate registrations, and other reasons. There has been a net increase of 8,827 voters.
Adam’s stated that the presidential race is probably what caused the spike, but he also noted that a drop in newly registered Democrats would indicate that people are not as enthusiastic about the new presidential contender.
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The majority of registrants, or 6,221 voters, identified as Republicans, making up 46% of the electorate. This represents a.38% increase from the largest party in Kentucky, which is made up of 1,628,029 votes.
With only 370,513 people registered as Independent or with another party affiliation, they represent the smallest percentage of voters in Kentucky—11 percent of the total electorate. On the other hand, 3,784 more voters, or 1.03 percent, registered as “other.”
Although there is still a sizable portion of registered voters in Kentucky who are Democrats, the number of Democratic registrants is declining. 1,506,394 voters, or 43% of the total electorate, are Democrats. Adams reported that in July, there was a 579 voter decline in Democratic registration, or a.04 percent decline.
