Registering by Party: Where the Democrats and Republicans Are Ahead

This is not the best of times for the Democratic Party. No White House; no Senate; no House of Representatives; and a minority of governorships and state legislatures in their possession. Yet the Democrats approach this fall’s midterm elections with an advantage in one key aspect of the political process — their strength in states where voters register by party. CONT.

Rhodes Cook, Sabato’s Crystal Ball