Democrats Getting Clobbered by GOP in Voter Registration Nationwide, ‘Cratering’ with New Voters
Sarah Rumpf Aug 20th, 2025, 1:03 pm
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The Democratic Party is mired in a “voter registration crisis,” reported on Wednesday, falling far behind the GOP nationally, in battleground states and deep red and blue states — and getting absolutely annihilated with new voters.
The report by national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher and data journalist Jonah Smith paints a grim picture for Democrats hoping to retake the House and Senate in 2026 and the White House in 2028, along with all the critical statewide electoral battles.
While it is true that recent trends have an increasing number of voters registering as independe