Nevada losing active voters, Dems lead trend

New voter registration numbers were posted on the Secretary of State's Web site and the total number of active voters statewide decreased 69,661.

Democrats lost 37,421 and Republicans lost 16,597. There were also 11,673 fewer active non-partisan voters. The Democratic registration advantage over Republicans shrunk from 84,436 in January to 63,612.

If the Democratic lead continues to shrink at the current pace of 20,824 per month, Republicans would catch up in May.

But Democrats still have a lot more voters than they did before the Obama-led voter drives of 2008. Obama aired his first television ads in Nevada in December, 2007 (see story here).

Back when those first Obama ads aired, there were 397,247 active Democrats statewide, 59,285 fewer than there are today. At the current rate, the Democrats would be back to pre-Obama levels in less than two months.

Republicans are at almost the exact same place as they were back then, having gained just 558 new active registered voters in the ensuing 27 months.

January 2010: (see Secretary of State's page)
493,953 D
409,517 R
174,826 NP
1,139,406 total voters statewide

February 2010: (see the page)
456,532 D
392,920 R
163,153 NP
1,069,745 Total active voters statewide

December 2007: (see the page)
397,247 D
392,362 R
141,195 NP
980,400 Total voters statewide