Politics & Government

Much Depends On the Unaffiliated Voter

In Milford, unaffiliated voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans combined.

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This Election Day in Milford, there are more unaffiliated voters – those residents who don’t align themselves with a political party – than there are Democrats and Republicans combined.

Latest figures show Milford has 16,636 unaffiliated voters, 9,251 registered Democrats and 7,051 registered Republicans.

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That means going into today’s municipal election, unaffiliated voters outnumbered registered Democrats and Republicans by just over 300 residents.

It’s been like this “for years and years,” Democratic Registrar of Voters Antoinette Crocco Carey said Tuesday.

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You can usually add up the registered Democrats and registered Republicans and that’ll be the total of the unaffiliated voters, she said.

The Democratic registrar couldn’t say if the representation was unique to Milford or if it was comparable to other municipalities.

Here’s a breakdown of voters per district:

In the First, there are a total of 6,697 registered voters; 1608 Democrats, 1,647 Republicans and 3,391 unaffiliated voters.

In the Second, there are a total of 5,996 registered voters; 1,727 Democrats, 1,196 Republicans and 3,021 unaffiliated voters.

In the Third, there are a total of 6,278 registered voters: 1,867 Democrats, 1,184 Republicans and 3,186 unaffiliated voters.

In the Fourth, there are a total of 7,042 registered voters; 2,025 Democrats, 1,428 Republicans and 3,518 unaffiliated voters.

In the Fifth, there are a total of 7,206 registered voters; 2,204 Democrats, 1,596 Republicans and 3,520 unaffiliated voters. 


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