🌎 Resumen en español · traducción automática
Los republicanos de Kentucky experimentan un aumento significativo en registros de votantes, alcanzando el 48 por ciento del electorado estatal con 1,590,260 votantes, después de meses en que los votantes independientes dominaban las nuevas inscripciones. El Partido Republicano ganó 4,636 nuevos votantes en septiembre, la tasa de crecimiento mensual más alta entre los partidos políticos del estado, mientras que los demócratas disminuyeron levemente al 41 por ciento con 1,384,276 votantes. Este cambio de tendencia ocurre en medio de debates legislativos sobre abrir las primarias cerradas de Kentucky a los votantes independientes, quienes actualmente representan el 11 por ciento del electorado estatal.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Republicans are experiencing a significant surge in voter registrations, marking a notable shift in state political trends after months of independent voters dominating registration gains.
Republican registration now constitutes 48 percent of the state’s electorate, with 1,590,260 voters, according to recent reports from Secretary of State Michael Adams. The GOP gained 4,636 new voters in September alone, a 0.29 percent increase that represents the highest monthly growth rate among the state’s political parties.
The Republican surge follows a six-month period during which Kentucky voters registering as “other” — primarily independents — had outpaced both major parties combined. That trend has now reversed as Adams noted that Republicans “show heightened interest in registration ahead of the May 2026 primary election.”
Meanwhile, Democratic registration declined slightly to 41 percent of the electorate, with 1,384,276 voters. That party lost 3,354 registrations in September, a 0.24 percent decrease.
The unusual reversal in independent voter growth remains noteworthy. In February, nearly two-thirds of new registrants chose “other” political affiliations, mostly independent voters, marking a continued trend of voters moving away from the two major parties.
Kentucky’s closed primary system means that independents cannot vote in partisan primaries for federal and state positions. In response to the surge in independent registrations, both Republican and Democratic legislators have filed bills to open Kentucky’s primaries to independent voters, though such measures have historically faced long odds.
Kentucky has 372,973 voters registered under “other” political affiliations, comprising 11 percent of the state’s electorate as of December 2025, according to state board of elections data.
