If So, Here's a Voter Guide Built Just for You.
Registered nonpartisans now outnumber both parties in Nevada. They vote for the person, not the letter next to the name.
Nevada doesn't belong to either political party anymore. Not really.
As of the state's most recent count, 815,596 Nevadans are registered nonpartisan. That's 38.61% of all active voters.
Compare that to 583,505 registered Democrats (27.62%) and 581,668 registered Republicans (27.54%).
Nonpartisans are the largest bloc in the state, and have been since 2023.
And the gap keeps growing. In July alone, 16,831 new voters registered nonpartisan. Democrats gained 1,585. Republicans gained 250.
And these nonpartisans are far more likely to split their tickets.
They'll vote for a Republican in one race and a Democrat in the next, based on the candidate in front of them, not the party letter next to the name.
That matters most in November, when every nonpartisan voter has a ballot, and their votes can decide the outcome in close elections.
But not every candidate makes it to November on equal footing.
Some have the backing of the Republican or Democrat “powers that be.” Others don't.
In many cases, it's not so much about whether you're an “R” or a “D.” It's about whether you belong to the “insiders club.”
The major parties’ political machines pick their “chosen” candidates – then supply the money, the mailers, paid door-knockers, and the professional consultants to protect that pick.
Grassroots candidates get none of that.
They knock on their own doors. They answer their own phones. And they usually lose to whoever the machine picked months before voters ever got a say.
The media usually covers whoever the party establishment backs, too.
That leaves independent-minded Republicans and Democrats ignored, right along with third-party and independent candidates.
The truth is there are plenty of Republican and Democrat candidates who are just as anti-establishment as the nonpartisans who vote for them. They just happen to have an “R” or a “D” next to their name.
The problem isn't party registration. The problem is a political class, in both parties, that rewards loyalty to the machine over independence, judgment, and accountability to voters.
That's why some of my friends and colleagues, from both parties and neither party, created the Nevada Independent Voter Coalition and put together a new voter guide for 2026.
We didn't pick candidates based on party label. We looked at records, positions, and independence from the establishment machines and consultants running both parties in this state.
The result is a simple, one-page guide covering races from Congress down to the local school board and judiciary.
It's built for voters who want to vote the person, not the party. And you can download the full guide here:
Print it out and tape it to your refrigerator until you're ready to cast your ballot.
Nevada's nonpartisan voters are already the largest bloc in the state. It's time candidates, and both political parties, started acting like it.
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