How many voters have a party affiliation?
As of November 2026, 42% of registered voters have declared a party affiliation—46.1 million Democrats and 39.4 million Republicans.
As of November 2026, 212 million Americans are registered to vote. That’s nearly nine out of 10 voting age citizens.
Forty-two percent of registered voters declared a party affiliation on their registration. Some states have comparatively high percentages of one affiliation or another.
How many registered voters are in each state?
The most populated states have the most registered voters:
- California: 23.3 million
- Texas: 17.3 million
- Florida: 13.7 million
212 million eligible Americans are registered to vote.
Registered voters by state, November 2026
The states with the fewest number of registered voters are Wyoming (280,814), Vermont (459,146), and Alaska (604,771). Washington, DC, which is not a state, has 453,471 registered voters.
North Dakota does not require voter registration and doesn’t report registration statistics. The state estimated it had 600,394 eligible voters for the 2026 general election.
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Which states have the highest voter registration rates?
As of the 2024 presidential election, voter registration was highest in Minnesota at 83.6%. Seven other states (and Washington, DC) had registration rates above 80.0%:
- Oregon (83.0%)
- New Jersey (81.9%)
- Mississippi (81.0%)
- Michigan (80.8%)
- Iowa (80.6%)
- Kentucky (80.5%)
- Maryland (80.4%)
Thirty-two states had registration rates between 70.0% to 79.9%, and 10 states had rates below 69.9%. Arkansas’s rate of 64.7% was the nation’s lowest.
Eight states and DC had voter registration rates above 80% in 2024.
Percent of voting-age citizen population registered to vote by state
How many voters are registered Republicans?
As of November 2026, there are 39.4 million registered Republicans in states with party-affiliated voter registration.
In Wyoming, 78% of voters are registered Republicans.
Percent of voters registered as Republicans by state, November 2026
The largest numbers of registered Republicans are in California (5.7 million, or 24.7% of the state’s registered voters) and Florida (5.7 million, or 41.5%).
Wyoming has the highest percentage of registered Republicans (77.9%), followed by Idaho (61.9%).
How many voters are registered Democrats?
As of November 2026, the nation has around 46.1 million registered Democrats. The largest numbers are in California (10.5 million or 45.0% of the state’s total registered) and New York (6.0 million, or 47.6%).
Washington, DC, has the highest overall percentage: 76.3%. Maryland has the next highest at 51.5%.
In Maryland, 51.5% of voters are registered Democrats.
Percent of voters registered as Democrats by state, November 2026
How many voters are registered independents?
“Independent” can mean independent of a political party or someone who is registered to an official party with “independent” in the name. As confusing as it might be, these are two different things (more on independent minority parties in the next section).
With regards to voters who are choosing to be party-agnostic, there are 42.5 million voters who have no affiliation, are undeclared, or are registered as independents as of November 2026.
The largest numbers of unaffiliated voters are in California (5.4 million, or 23.0% of total registered voters in the state) and Ohio (4.5 million, or 66.1%).
The states with the highest percentage of party-agnostic voters are Arkansas (87.0%) and Massachusetts (67.1%).
Independent voters account for 32.1% of all registered voters in states that report party affiliation.
Arkansas has the highest percentage of registered independent voters (87.0%).
Percent of voters registered as independent, no affiliation, or undeclared by state, November 2026
How many voters are registered in minor parties?
Although most voters are registered as Republicans, Democrats, or are party-agnostic, there are other options.
About 4.2 million people, or 3.2% of voters in states where party affiliation is reported, are registered under a minor party as of November 2026.
California and Florida have the country’s largest number of registered minor party voters, at 1.6 million and 514,782, respectively. The states with the highest percentage of voters registered with minor parties are Oregon (7.2%) and California (7.0%).
In Oregon, 7.2% of voters are registered with minor parties.
Percent of voters registered under minor party affiliations, including Green and Libertarian, by state, November 2026
The Green Party is a common minor party, as is the Libertarian Party. Among states that reported on these parties, 0.3% of voters are registered to the Green Party and 0.7% are registered Libertarians.
Five states have recognized minority political parties that include “independent” in the name: California, Delaware, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah.
In other words, independent minority parties are different from being a voter who is independent of a party affiliation.
In November 2026, the largest independent minority parties with registered voters are: the American Independent Party of California (978,844), the Independent Party of Oregon (154,873), and the Independent American Party of Nevada (84,363).
Registering with a minor party doesn’t necessarily give it official standing. States set their own rules for which parties can nominate candidates to be on the state ballot, so a party may have registered members without being able to field candidates.
In Kentucky, for instance, a party needs at least 2% of the last presidential vote to qualify to nominate candidates for the ballot. In Delaware, parties need about 800 registered voters this year, which is why the popular culture-inspired Mandalorian Party with 130 voters didn’t qualify.
Where does this data come from?
Where does this data come from?
Data collected in this article comes from state government election official sources. Each state has an official to oversee elections in the state — most often the secretary of state — and are administered by over 10,000 local jurisdictions. The US Constitution mandates election rule-making to state legislatures, but also allows the Congress to create election laws. Some states release voter statistics daily, monthly, quarterly, or less frequently than that. 2026 data is up to date as of the time of publication.
When possible, voter counts are “active” voters, a designation that changes from state to state. In Utah, for example, a voter becomes inactive when they “have not updated their address or who had mail returned as undeliverable.” In Michigan, a voter becomes inactive when they move from their voting jurisdiction, they die, they are identified as a duplicate, or the voter requests to cancel their registration.
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