Despite Purge of Inactive Voters, Libertarians & Conservatives Gain Registrants

Last month the Louisiana Secretary of State's office removed 52,308 inactive voters from the state's voter registration rolls.

By comparing the voter registration totals from December 4, 2012, and those from January 2, 2013, we can get an idea of how the December purge affected each political party. Of course, the differences between the two monthly reports also reflect more routine changes (such as new registrations and changes of party affiliation) that happened between those two dates.

Here's how the state's five recognized parties fared:

Democratic Party registrants decreased by 24670, from 1429755 to 1405085.
Republican Party registrants decreased by 9481, from 818779 to 809298.
Libertarian Party registrants increased by 156, from 7088 to 7244.
Green Party registrants decreased by 16, from 1745 to 1729.
Reform Party registrants decreased by 24, from 1430 to 1406.

More than 200 political parties are represented on the Louisiana voter registration rolls, but so far as I know only four of those parties have actively sought recognized party status in Louisiana in recent years. Here's how those parties did between Dec. 4 and Jan. 2:

Americans Elect registrants decreased by 12, from 759 to 747.
Conservative Party registrants increased by 14, from 541 to 555.
Christian Party registrants decreased by 1, from 173 to 172.
Constitution Party registrants decreased by 3, from 119 to 116.

Here's how the following notable registrant groups changed:

"No Party" registrants (a category called "None" in every report I had gotten prior to this month) decreased by 15117, from 658999 to 643882.
"Independent" registrants decreased by 469, from 46941 to 46472.
"Other" registrants decreased by 21, from 1204 to 1183.

There are 444 registered Conservatives in Louisiana.

The Conservative Party of Louisiana is gradually making its way toward the 1000 registrant threshold required for recognized party status.

According to the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office, these are the numbers of registrants for all the parties on the Louisiana voter registration rolls as of May 1, 2012:

Democratic	1401155
Republican	784215
None	631075
INDEPENDENT	43611
Libertarian	5210
Green Party	1439
Reform Party	1393
OTHER	1099
CONSERVATIVE	444
INDENPENDENT	441
LIBERAL	274
CHRISTIAN	174
TEA PARTY	153
CONSTITUTION	109
PRUD ACT RSLTS	105
AMERICAN	98
MODERATE	74
OPEN	71
SOCIALIST	64
INDEPENTANT	59
LILBERTARIAN	59
INEDEPENDENT	54
DANSEREAU	52
UNDECIDED	44
CONSTITUTIONAL	37
RADICAL	30
MAJOR	28
REPUBLIC	27
NON PARTISAN	26
INDEPEMDENT	23
BANANA	21
COMMUNIST	21
CONFEDERATE	21
UNAFFILIATED	21
LIB	19
UNDECLARED	19
NEUTRAL	18
PROGRESSIVE	17
TEA	16
WHIG	16
FACIST	15
JEDI	15
ANARCHIST	14
LIBERTAIN	13
INDEPENDENCE	12
CENTRIST	11
NON-PARTISAN	10
3RD PARTY	9
ChrstnSocialist	9
REFORMIST	9
AMERICAN ELECT	8
LIBRAL	8
PRESIDENTIAL	8
SOUTHERN	8
U S TAXPAYERS	8
EARTH FIRST	7
FEDERALIST	7
MODERN WHIG	7
NAT SOC	7
SEGREGATION	7
WARD	7
DEM SOCIALIST	6
INDEPENDENT LA	6
INDIVIDUAL	6
PRIMARY	6
TAX PAYERS	6
BULL MOOSE	5
DEM.REP	5
PATRIOT	5
POPULIST	5
REALIST	5
BAPTIST	4
BI PARTISAN	4
DEMOC SOCIAL	4
DEPENDS	4
NATURAL LAW	4
PEACE&FREEDOM	4
PRIVATE	4
SOCIALIST USA	4
STATES RIGHTS	4
WHITE	4
AEROSMITH	3
AMERICAN FIRST	3
CATHOLIC REG	3
CONSERVATIST	3
DEPENDENT	3
FREE	3
LA TAXPAYERS	3
LIBERALIST	3
NAP	3
NATIONALIST	3
NON PARTISIAN	3
POLITICAL	3
PRO LIFE	3
Republitarian	3
AMERICAN INDEP	2
ANARCHY	2
BEST	2
BI-PARTISAN	2
BIPARTISAN	2
BLACK	2
CAJUN	2
CHRISTIAN PROGR	2
CIVIL LIBERTAR	2
COMMITTEE	2
COMMON SENSE	2
COMMUNITARIAN	2
CONFIDENTIAL	2
CONS	2
ENVIORMENTAL	2
GREEN PEACE	2
HAZAL	2
KINGDOM	2
LABOR	2
LIBERAL REP	2
MOOR	2
NATIONAL	2
NATIONAL SOCIA	2
NATURAL	2
NEW PARTY	2
NON-DENOMIN	2
NUNYA	2
PAR	2
PERSONAL	2
PROHIBITION	2
RASTAFARIAN	2
RIGHT TO LIFE	2
SPLIT	2
TAXPAYERS	2
THEOCRATIC	2
THIRD PARTY	2
WORKERS	2
AID	1
AM INDEPENDENT	1
AMER MOHICAN	1
AMERICA	1
ANARCH	1
ANTI-PARTY	1
BLACK PANTHER	1
BLACKPANTHER	1
CHOICE	1
CHRIST CO	1
CHRONIC HIWAII	1
CITIZEN	1
CONSERVANCE	1
CONSERVATED	1
CONSTRUCTIONALI	1
CU TAI WOU	1
DISCORDIAN	1
DIXIECRAT	1
DRUID	1
FREE RADICAL	1
FREE THINKER	1
FREEDOM MOVEMT	1
FREEDOMIST	1
FREEMANS	1
GDI	1
GOD	1
GODS	1
GOVERNMENT	1
GRASS ROOTS	1
GREENPEACE	1
GREENTREE	1
GYPSY	1
HONEST	1
HUMAN	1
HUMANITARIAN	1
IMPERIALIST	1
IN BETWEEN	1
INDEPENDANCE	1
INDIVIDUALIST	1
JasonJohnLeMair	1
JEFFERSONIAN	1
JESUS	1
KINGDOM OF GOD	1
LEAGUE OF SOUT	1
LIB.REPUBLICAN	1
LIBERAL DEM	1
LIBERAL REPUB	1
LOYALIST	1
MARXIST	1
MEADOW	1
MILLENNIUM	1
MINE	1
MINIMALIST	1
MONARCHIST	1
MOTHER	1
MUG WUMP	1
MUSLIM	1
NDEPENDENT	1
NONPARTISAN	1
NUTRAL	1
PACIFIC ISLAN	1
PARTY OF ONE	1
PEACE & FREEDO	1
PEOPLES CHOICE	1
PIRATE	1
PROG DEM	1
PRS	1
RAINBOW	1
REALISTS	1
REP-AMERICAN	1
RIGHT	1
RIGHTWING WHIG	1
SOC-DEM	1
SOCIAL	1
SOUTHERN PARTY	1
SOUTHERN REF	1
SUB GENIUS	1
SURVIVALIST	1
THEOCRAT	1
UNION	1
UNITED NEUTRAL	1
UNITED REPUBLI	1
UNITED WE ST	1
UNITY	1
USA	1
VETERANS	1
WORKING CLASS	1
Y	1