New Dems outnumber new Repubs by 5 to 1 in KY

Good news in today's Herald-Leader:

Of the 16,333 new Kentucky voters, 13,259 chose to be Democrats compared to 2,577 new Republicans and 497 "others," which include independents, libertarians, green party members and more third parties.

The influx brings the party totals to:

• 1,629,845 Democrats

• 1,040,438 Republicans

• 186,948 other voters

...Jennifer Moore, the Kentucky Democratic Party chairman, said the 81 percent of new voters who chose to be Democrats signals "that people are tired of the Republicans being in charge of the White House."