{"id":2489586,"date":"2025-09-22T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-eclipse-2-3m-registrations\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:48:20","slug":"republicans-eclipse-2-3m-registrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-eclipse-2-3m-registrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans eclipse 2.3M registrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-eclipse-2-3m-registrations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2489586&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-the-monster-building-in-hong-kong-with-hundreds-of-floors\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show The Monster Building In Hong Kong With Hundreds Of Floors?\">article reports<\/a> that in North Carolina, Republican voter registrations have surpassed 2.3 million for the first time. Meanwhile, unaffiliated voters are approaching 3 million, making up the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largest voter bloc<\/a> at 38.5%,followed by Democrats at 30.5% and Republicans at 30.3%. The Democrats&#8217; registration lead over Republicans has shrunk to less than 1.5%, with only about 11,000 voters separating the two parties. Historically a Democratic stronghold, North Carolina has seen a meaningful shift over the past two decades, with Democrats losing ground in state executive offices and legislative majorities. Currently, the state features Republican majorities in both the Senate and House, and the political landscape is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-house-republicans-who-face-tough-reelection-prospects-heading-into-2024\/\" title=\"Four House ... facing challenging reelection in 2024.\">considered highly competitive<\/a>, making North Carolina a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND ...S\">key battleground state<\/a> in national elections. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans eclipse 2.3M registrations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2237246\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; For the first time, Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voter registrations<\/a> have topped 2.3 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those unaffiliated with any party, however, are about to hit 3 million. And Democrats&rsquo; forever lead on the Grand Old Party has dwindled to less than 1.5% of those registered, a scant 11,090 of separation according to Saturday&rsquo;s update from the State Board of Elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3818475\/ohio-jobless-rate-flat-still-among-nations-highest\/\">Ohio jobless rate flat, still among nation&rsquo;s highest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3818476\/federal-judge-extends-ban-new-hampshires-dei-restrictions\/\">Federal judge extends ban on New Hampshire&#8217;s DEI restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3818392\/florida-violent-extremism-portal-report-threats\/\">Florida launches &lsquo;violent extremism&rsquo; portal for public to report threats<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>By percentage,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vt.ncsbe.gov\/RegStat\/Results\/?date=09%2F20%2F2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the unaffiliated bloc is 38.5%<\/a>, Democrats 30.5% and Republicans 30.3% of the 7,586,280 registered.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is considered a legitimate battleground state on the national level, purple in hue rather than blue for Democrats or red for Republicans. Long the place where Democrats have done well, as recently as the 2008 midterms the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s 10 executive offices, known as the Council of State, had eight of 10 seats blue, and Democrats had majorities of 30-20 in the state Senate and 68-52 in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Three decades ago at Electon Day 1992, North Carolinians elected Democrats to all 10 Council of State positions and majorities of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/GAPartyAffiliations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">39-11 in the state Senate<\/a>&nbsp;and 78-42 in the House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3818038\/north-carolina-irynas-law-crime-consequences-charlotte-light-rail-stabbing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NORTH CAROLINA WEIGHS &lsquo;IRYNA&rsquo;S LAW&rsquo; TOUGHENING CRIME CONSEQUENCES AFTER RAIL STABBING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Council of State is 5-5, and Republican majorities are 30-20 in the Senate and 71-49 in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats over a 21-year period have been in freefall with North Carolina voter registrations.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vt.ncsbe.gov\/RegStat\/Results\/?date=01%2F01%2F2004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On Jan. 1, 2004<\/a>, the state&rsquo;s more than 5 million voters were split 47.6% Democrats, 34.4% Republicans and 17.7% unaffiliated.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecentersquare.com%2Fnorth_carolina%2Farticle_b970bfe0-29df-4b12-af18-61a18d9953a1.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans surpass 2.3M NC voters; unaffiliated near 3M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2489587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voting-booth-voter-registration.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6571,5894,3756,35587],"class_list":["post-2489586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-politics","tag-republicans","tag-voter-registrations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voting-booth-voter-registration.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489590,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489586\/revisions\/2489590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}