I don’t know the “why” but Democratic Party registration has plummeted across all the swing states and Ohio since 2008, and it corresponded with a huge rise in Independent party registration. Republicans picked up some, most went indie. Were they fleeing from the hard left swing of the Dem party? I don’t know. Here’s more:
“Voter registration in the Buckeye State is down by 490,000 people from four years ago. Of that reduction, 44 percent is in Cleveland and surrounding Cuyahoga County, where Democrats outnumber Republicans more than two to one.
“I think what we’re seeing is a lot of spin and hype on the part of the Obama campaign to try to make it appear that they’re going to cruise to victory in Ohio,” Cuyahoga County Republican Chairman Rob Frost said. “It’s not just Cuyahoga County. Nearly 350,000 of those voters are the decrease in the rolls in the three largest counties, Cuyahoga, Hamilton and Franklin.”
ACORN was very active (and highly corrupt) in Ohio in 2008.
Have they been around this year?
Could some of the Dem downturn in OH be due to the 2010 census???