Published Tuesday October 28, 2008
More Democrats in Douglas County registered to vote than Republicans
BY TOM SHAW
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER



More Democrats in Douglas County are registered to vote than Republicans, according to figures released this morning.

Final figures from the Election Commissioner's Office showed registered Democrats at 127,158, while the number of Republicans is 123,505.

This is the first time since 1994 that Democrats have an edge in voter registrations in Douglas County.

The election is Nov. 4.

The Democrats have about 2,300 more registered voters than four years ago at this time, while Republicans are down by almost 9.600.

The number of registered independents is up nearly 4,000 to 61,069