Make New York Post a Preferred Source There are now more registered voters without a party than there are Republicans in Nassau County, the home turf of failed gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, according to newly released data.
Non-affiliated voters now outnumber Republicans 314,000-307,000, according to active enrollment data that was released in early November just before GOP pick Blakeman was shellacked in his bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who carried Nassau.
The numbers reflect longstanding statewide numbers, as voters without a party have already outnumbered registered Republicans for several years. Non-affiliated voters don’t include members of minor political parties including the Conservative and Working Families parties.
Voters cast their ballots during the midterm elections at P.S. 152 in the Inwood section of Manhattan, New York, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post Nassau’s neighbor on Long Island, Suffolk County, is home to about 345,000 independents and 341,000 Republicans, according to the data.
Since last November, the ranks of active unaffiliated voters have swelled by nearly 40,000 across Long Island, while active GOP enrollment dropped by about 4,700, according to enrollment figures.
This is the first time since 2006 — when President George W. Bush was facing backlash due to a tumbling economy and the war in Iraq — that voters with no party affiliation have outnumbered the GOP on Long Island, a Post analysis of more than 20 years of state voter registration data found.
“The Republican brand has been so damaged that people are disassociating themselves with it,” political analyst and Democratic strategist John Tomlin told The Post.
“Unless they’re hardcore MAGA loyalists, most voters don’t want to affiliate themselves with an administration as depraved and corrupt as Trump,” he added, pointing to last week’s blue tsunami as proof.
People are “dissociating” from the GOP brand in Nassau, one Democratic strategist said. littleny – stock.adobe.com Blakeman, a Trump-backed Republican who cruised to reelection for his seat as Nassau County executive just two years ago, was thoroughly trounced by over 20 points as Hochul secured a second, full four-year term.
Democrats surged not just in deeply blue New York State but across the US, fueled by anti-Trump sentiment. Locally, even the town of Hempstead flipped blue after only electing one Dem in the last 112 years.
Tomlin said there may be lingering effects on the Republican brand on the island and beyond.
“Their problem now is that virtually every Republican on the ballot this past cycle or in office now is on the record supporting these disastrous policies,” he said.
Democrats continue to lead all parties in registered voters on Long Island, with roughly 378,000 in Nassau and nearly 358,000 in Suffolk, the data showed.
But the number of registered Dems on Long Island has also decreased, with over 2,000 leaving the party since the last election cycle, according to data.
