AZ: Independents on the Rise

The Green Valley News and Sun reports that the ranks of independent voters in Arizona continue to swell while the Democratic and Republican Parties are losing registered voters:

Figures released Friday by Secretary of State Ken Bennett show “Independent, unaffiliated or members of an unrecognized political party” numbered 929,219 as of Jan. 1, up 13,238 from the previous quarter.  Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats are losing voters. The latest numbers show GOP registration fell to 1,127,649, down 5,168 voters from the Oct. 1 report. The Democratic Party had 1,034,395 registered voters, a drop of 7,020. Libertarian registration grew slightly to 24,826 voters, up 798.