New voter registration data from Kentucky’s Secretary of State shows a clear trend: most new voters are stepping away from the two major parties. Independents are gaining ground statewide, and Fayette County is seeing the same shift.
At the end of February, Fayette County reached 224,094 registered voters. Of the new registrations recorded in February alone, 96 people registered as independent, 52 registered as Democrat, 32 marked “other,” and 16 registered as Republican.
Fayette County Clerk Susan Lamb said the numbers caught her attention…