FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — State leaders are seeing a spike in voter affiliation shifting away from Republicans or Democrats.

Secretary of State Michael Adams announced on Friday in a news release that Kentuckians registered under "other" political affiliations have outpaced Republican and Democratic registrations combined for three straight months.

"As the Democrats move further left and the Republicans move further right, more voters are registering as Independent,” said Adams. “Kentucky has a large and growing political center; candidates should take note and court this growing bloc of voters.”

How Republican and Democrat voters stack up in Kentucky

State officials said in a news release that Republican voter registration made up 47% of the electorate in Kentucky, with 1,582,699 vote

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