ASSOCIATED PRESS: Data shows nonaffiliated Oregon voters changed party status for the 2016 elections.
Data from the Oregon Secretary of State shows roughly 20,500 voters this year have switched to one of the three parties that can select a presidential candidate in the May contest. That’s almost three times the number of voters who made a switch during the same timeframe in the 2008 presidential election.
Of this year’s figure, about 16,670 registered as Democrats, 3,200 as Republicans and 700 as Independents.
