PHOENIX — The number of voters choosing to be unaffiliated with either the Republican or Democratic parties continue to increase in Graham County.
That’s according to voter registration released Tuesday by the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.
Independent voters grew by 1.6 percent from October to January, and grew by 3.4 percent from July to January.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party voter rolls grew by six-tenths of 1 percent from October to January, and 1.2 percent from July to January.
Democratic Party voter registration in Graham County continues to decline, dropping by eight-tenths of 1 percent from October to January and falling 1.7 percent from July to January.
Despite the increase in independent voters, Republicans continue to dominate in Graham County, with 10,145 registered voters, compared to 5,205 independents and 4,955 Democrats.
In Greenlee County, both Democratic and Republican voter registration dropped, while independents grew.
From October to January, Republican voter rolls fell 1.2 percent to 1,782 registered voters between October and January, while the Democratic voter rolls fell 1.6 percent to 1,601 registered voters during the same time period.
Meanwhile, independents grew nine-tenths of one percent, to 1,468 registered voters.
Graham County added 104 new voters in the fourth quarter of 2021, while Greenlee County saw a net decrease of 32 voters.
Statewide, there were 1,604 new voters added to the rolls over the last three months, up to 4.35 million voters. Republicans lost 3,688 voters, Democrats lost 8,706 while independents grew by 14,588.
