PHOENIX — Unaffiliated votes are now the largest voting block in Arizona, but in Graham and Greenlee counties it’s still the Republican Party that holds the edge in voter registration.
That’s according to the most recent data released by the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.
Graham County’s Republican voter rolls grew seven-tenths of 1 percent in the second quarter of 2023, up to 10,044. Meanwhile the number of registered Democrats fell by three, to 4,517.
In Greenlee County, both Republicans and Democrats showed a loss in registered voters in the second quarter, with Republicans falling 1.5 percent to 1,771; and Democrats falling 3.5 percent to 1,424.
Independent voters showed growth in Graham County but declined in Greenlee. Unaffiliated voters grew 26 percent in the second quarter in Graham, to 5,201. In Greenlee, unaffiliated voters fell 3.4 percent, to 1,470.
Graham County has a total of 19,890 registered voters, up eight-tenths of 1 percent from the first quarter of the year; while Greenlee is at 4,721, down 2.5 percent. Nearby Cochise County’s voter rolls grew by three-tenths of 1 percent, to 76,985.
Statewide, the voter rolls grew by seven-tenths of 1 percent, to 4.2 million. Independents continue to outpace the two major parties in Arizona, gaining 19,747 new voters, to 1.45 million. Republicans gained 4,101 new voters, to 1.44 million; while Democrats lost 2,397, to 1.26 million.
