GOP Surpasses Democrats in Clinton Voter Registration

voter-registrationLOCK HAVEN — For the first time since 2008 there are more registered Republican voters than Democrats in Clinton County.

Monday of this week was the registration deadline for the April 26 primary election and preliminary figures from county voter registrar Maria Boileau show there are 9,315 Republicans and 8,984 Democrats. She said today those numbers will change to some degree as she continues to process mailed-in registrations postmarked no later than Monday’s registration deadline; final figures should be available in another week.

Current numbers also show 112 registered as Libertarians and 2,496 as “others” for a total of 20,907. Statewide the Republican Party increased its registration edge in many counties this presidential year, but the Democratic Party still holds better than an 11 percent registration edge statewide.

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