Asbury Park Press: Democrats extend voter registration edge in N.J.

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TRENTON — In what's been a marathon of a political campaign season, Democrats are outsprinting Republicans in New Jersey in the mad dash to the state's Oct. 14 voter registration deadline.

Since the June primary, voter rolls have expanded by more than 82,000 people. The number of Democrats is up 34,000 compared to the nearly 7,140 increase in Republicans, according to mid-September data from the state Division of Elections. The numbers follow a similar strong showing among newly affiliated Democrats in the presidential primary in February, when voters were more likely to declare themselves Democrats than Republicans at the polls by a nearly 3 to 1 margin.

The state now has about 1.72 million Democrats, 1.04 million Republicans, 2.28 million unaffiliated voters and 2,000 minor-party registered voters with just over two weeks left for people to sign up to vote this November.

"This is an unprecedented surge in voter participation and voter enthusiasm for Democrats," said Richard McGrath, a spokesman for the Democratic State Committee, noting the partisan advantage for Democrats in New Jersey this year has gone from fewer than 300,000 voters to more than 600,000 voters.

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1. I'm one of the newly registered Dems!