By Julia Bertino
(Omaha, NE) Some local Republican voters are switching their political party affiliation.
Douglas County election leaders say there is always some party-switching after an election, but say they believe the changes are connected to the violent riots that took place in the nation’s Capitol last week. They say the increased number of GOP voters switching their affiliation is not overwhelming, but it is noticeable. “We have seen an uptick in voter registration change and as you could imagine the vast majority of those are going from Republican either to nonpartisan, Democrat, or Libertarian,” Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse told WOWT 6 News.