Voters without a party now outnumber Republicans on Blakemans Nassau County home turf

There are now more registered voters without a party than there are Republicans in Nassau County, the home turf of failed gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, according to newly released data.Non-affiliated voters now outnumber Republicans 314,000-307,000, according to active enrollment data that was released in early November just before GOP pick Blakeman was shellacked in his bid to unseat Gov.Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who carried Nassau.The numbers reflect longstanding statewide numbers, as voters without a party have already outnumbered registered Republicans for several years.

Non-affiliated voters don’t include members of minor political parties including the Conservative and Working Families parties.Nassau’s neighbor on Long Island, Suffolk County, is home to about 345,000 independents and 341,000 Republicans, according to the data. Since last November, the ranks of active unaffiliated voters have swelled by nearly 40,000 across Long Island, while active GOP enrollment dropped by about 4,700, according to enrollment figures.This is the first time since 2006 — when President George W.Bush was facing backlash due to a tumbling economy and the war in Iraq — that voters with no party affiliation have outnumbered the GOP on Long Island, a Post analysis of more than 20 years of state voter registration data found.“The Republican brand has been so damaged that people are disassociating themselves with it,” political analyst and Democratic strategist John Tomlin told The Post. “Unless they’re hardcore MAGA loyalists, most voters don’t want to affiliate themselves with an administration as depraved and corrupt as Trump,” he added, pointing to last week’s blue tsunami as proof. Blakeman, a Trump-backed Republican who cruised to reelection for his seat as Nassau County executive just two years ago, was thoroughly trounced by over 20 points as Hochul secured a second, full four-year term.Democrats surged not just in deeply blue New York State...