According to the latest voter registration numbers from the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, Mojave County is still the reddest county in the near-purple state.
As of January 2, the legal reporting date, Republicans made up more than half of all valid registered voters in Mojave County, outnumbering Democrats by nearly four to one.
The county’s 24 constituencies totaled 139,944 valid registered voters (those who participated in a recent election or had a valid address verified by the county registry office or elections office). Of those, 74,102 (53%) are registered as Republicans and 19,202 (14%) are registered as Democrats.
The Libertarian Party is the only other political party recognized in Arizona for statistical purposes and represents less than 1% (929) of registered voters in Mojave County.
The “Other” category (voters who are independent or affiliated with another unrecognized political party) totaled 45,711, representing 33% of registered voters in the county.
Across Arizona, 34.68% Republicans, 34.0% independents or other parties, and 30.53% Democrats have three-legged stools that lean slightly to the right. Of her 4.16 million active registered voters in Arizona, registered libertarians make up less than 1% of him.
Arizona has 1.44 million registered Republicans, 1.41 million Independents/Others, 1.27 million Democrats, and 32,961 Libertarians, according to the Office of the Secretary of State’s tally.
It will be reflected in the election results. Arizona’s state-level elected officials include the Democratic Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State, the Republican Treasurer, the Superintendent of Public Education, and the state’s Mine Inspector.
Arizona has two Democratic senators elected, but Kyrsten Sinema was recently re-registered as an independent, but the state’s congressional delegation is made up of six Republicans and three Democrats. It has been.
The state legislature is made up of 30 senators, 16 Republicans and 14 Democrats, and 60 House members, 31 Republicans and 29 Democrats.
Mojave County is by far the “reddest” county in the state and has the highest percentage of Republican voters, one of only two counties with more Republicans than any other party combined. . Another is Graham County.
There are no Democrats in state-level or county-level partisan office in Mojave County.
In contrast, Apache County has more Democratic chapters than the number of registered voters of other parties combined.
Maricopa County is by far the most populous county in the state and one of two counties with the largest voting block of independent voters.
Maricopa County has 2.45 million valid registered voters, or nearly 59% of the entire state. The county, home to the state capitol, includes Phoenix and much of its suburbs, and accounts for about 62% of the state’s total population.
As of January 2, Maricopa County had 852,313 people registered as independents or other political parties, including 850,152 Republicans and 734,440 Democrats.
Yuma County in southwest Arizona also has more independents than Republicans or Democrats.
Mojave is one of nine counties where Republican voters form the largest voting block. Democrats have majorities in four counties.
Independents are the largest or second largest group in 14 of the 15 counties. The exception is Navajo County, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats with about 1,500 voters. Democrats outnumber independents by about 4,500.
Independents have made the biggest gains since the 2022 primary cycle at the expense of Democrats, according to the Secretary of State’s latest report.
From July 2022 to January of this year, independent registrants increased by about 5,500 and Republican registrants increased by about 2,800.
The Office of the Secretary of State said more than 50,000 voters in Arizona have been removed from the inactive voter list since the primary cycle, while Mojave County saw an increase of more than 4,000 voters during that period. .
The inactive list includes voters to whom election materials (voter guides, early ballots, or registration information) were mailed but returned as undeliverable, or voters whose registration status is no longer in a valid address or registrar’s file. It is included.
Voters are placed on the inactive list if materials cannot be delivered, but are removed from the list when the county receives notice of a new address in another precinct or state, the death of a registered voter, or suspension of voting rights. .
