ETer Benjamin Rosenblatt got a shout out in this excellent article that covers the joy of attaining/compiling precinct level data/shape files.

'JMC talks about Jeff' (erson Parish) in this week's issue 👍

Louisiana political talent on the national scene 👍

OREGON PARTY REGISTRATION CHANGES

Independents are steadily becoming more dominant (now 43% of registered voters); after attaining a plurality several years ago. Their numbers/percentage continue to increase, coming at the expense of both major parties.

SOUTH DAKOTA PARTY REGISTRATION CHANGES

South Dakota (like Nebraska) for years has had more registered Reps than Dems. There has been a steady exodus of Dem voters every month, while Reps and Inds take turns adding voters - it's been the Reps' 'turn' for the past 3 months.

ALASKA PARTY REGISTRATION CHANGES

In Alaska, Independents matter. A LOT - 63.5% of its voters are unaffiliated. Normally, Independents generally outpace both Republicans and Democrats, but in January/March, Republicans got the lion's share of new members.

(A JMC legislative poll was referenced in this article) 😎

PRIMARY RECAPS WITH TURNOUT

CT (94%): Biden 85% (65K Dem), Trump 78% (44K Rep)
NY (93%): Biden 92% (302K), Trump 82% (160K)
RI (98%): Biden 83% (25K), Trump 84% (13K)
WI (99%): Trump 79% (581K Rep), Biden 89% (572K Dem)

Both parties still have their protest votes being cast.