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Independent Party now Oregon's 3rd largest Party


According to the Secretary of State, there are 17,229 registered Independents as of April 24th, making the Independent Party the 3rd largest political party (and largest "minor party") in Oregon. The growth of the party, which is less than eighteen months old, is unprecedented for an Oregon-based minor political party. The registration history of Oregon's largest minor parties is shown by the chart.

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"Minor Parties to Play Larger Role in Future Elections," says Eugene Register-Guard

Minor parties, nonaffiliated voters to play larger role in future elections

nonaffiliated and minor party voters may determine who wins in Oregon


By Mark Brown
March 28, 2008

Although Oregon’s political leanings haven’t made a major shift in the past four years, a small gust of party-affiliation change has blown across the state.

A decline in the overall percentage of voters registered as Republicans in the state over a four-year span has been nearly equaled by an increase in the percentage of Oregonians registered as nonaffiliated and minor party voters.

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Independent Party "Growing at Brisk Pace," says Oregonian

The Oregonian January 22, 2008

Americans may have become increasingly disillusioned with politics, but one new political party in Oregon is growing at a brisk pace.

The Oregon Independent Party reported this week that it now has more than 10,000 registered voters. That's a drop in the bucket compared to the state's 753,212 registered Democrats and 684,285 registered Republicans, but still an impressive accomplishment for an organization that was first certified as a minor political party in January, 2007.

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