Voters without a party now outnumber Republicans on Blakeman’s Nassau County home turf

Voters registered without a party now outnumber Republicans in Nassau County, according to newly released enrolment data. The shift matters because Nassau is Republican Bruce Blakeman’s political stronghold, where he recently lost the governor’s race to Democrat Kathy Hochul by more than 20 points.

In Nassau, unaffiliated voters number 314,000, compared with 307,000 Republicans; the category excludes people registered with smaller parties. Across Long Island, unaffiliated enrolment has grown by nearly 40,000 since last November, while Republican enrolment has fallen by about 4,700. It is the first time since 2006 that unaffiliated voters have outnumbered Republicans on Long Island; Democrats remain the largest group, despite losing more than 2,000 registered voters since the previous election cycle.