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(Maricopa County Recorder's Office)

PHOENIX The Republican and Democratic parties continued losing ground to other in metro Phoenix voter registration numbers last month, according to elections officials.

Other independents, no party preference and parties other than Democrat, Republican or Libertarian made a net gain of 7,146 active voters in May, according to data in a tweet Tuesday by the Maricopa County Recorders Office.

That nearly doubled the combined pickup by the two major parties, with Democrats adding 2,201 voters and Republicans 2,007.

Most of the other gains came in the form of 5,655 new registrations. On top of that, 3,322 previously registered voters switched to other, although 1,841 moved from that group to an official party.

Meanwhile, Democrats added 2,660 new voters in May, but they lost 459 more voters who changed affiliation than they gained.

Republicans had a larger pickup of new voters than the Democrats, with 2,860, but their net loss through affiliation changes was also higher at 853.

Among the changes, 317 Republicans switched to Democrat, while 260 voters went in the other direction.

With other on the rise, the major party shares in the Phoenix area have decreased since the 2020 general election. The GOP still has the largest slice of the county voting pie but has been losing ground.

In fact, Republicans are down more than 7,000 voters since the November election, while Democrats have increased by around 1,300. That gain, however, is dwarfed by the more than 31,000 other pickups.

As of Thursday morning, according to Maricopa County Recorders Office data, metro Phoenix had 2,620,261 active voters, with 907,884 Republicans (34.6% of the total), 815,696 Democrats (31.1%), 24,389 Libertarians (1%) and 872,292 other (33.3%).

By contrast, according to the Arizona Secretary of States Office, Maricopa County had 2,595,272 active voters at the time of the November 2020 general election, with 915,227 Republicans (35.3%), 814,343 Democrats (31.4%), 25,025 Libertarians (1%) and 840,677 other (32.3%).

According to the latest available statewide data, Arizona had 4,292,330 active voters as of April: 1,496,769 Republicans (34.9%), 1,374,001 Democrats (32%), Libertarians 37,948 (.9%) and other 1,383,612 (32.2%).

The recent Phoenix-area registration trends are far different than what was seen after the previous presidential election.

The changes between the November 2016 general election and April 2017 were far more balanced, with Republicans and other each gaining more than 11,000 active voters and Democrats adding about 7,000.

CORRECTION: Earlier versions of this story incorrectly counted 734 party switches within the other category as gains for that category. The impacted numbers have been updated.

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