Registration Numbers - Colorado

The voter registration breakdowns for Colorado are an unsightly mess but here's the skinny:
Democrats: 936,496
Republicans: 1,114,576
Unaffiliated: 1,001,752
Third-Party: 12,403

No wonder its such a tight race. Unlike Nevada, where registered independents are about one third the number of registered partisans, in Colorado the unaligned represent a full third of the electorate. I can't determine what the registration picture looked like in November of But in Colorado's case, Kerry can win the state with a lead among independents. The necessary size of that lead will naturally depend on Democratic turnout.