"If we could register them as Republicans, I might be happier," he said.

They can register as Republicans or Democrats by noon tomorrow, in person, before their local registrar of voters.

New voters and voters who have not declared a party may register as Republicans 30 minutes before the caucus begins.

By then, 49% of the district's registered voters were Democrats, while only 26% registered as Republicans.

He urged independents in his audience who had never registered in either party to register as Republicans and vote for him.

Only 6.4 percent are registered as Republicans or Conservatives.

Residents, they say, are warned that their teen-age children will be turned down for summer jobs unless their parents register as Republicans.

Only 18 percent of Oklahomans were registered as Republicans at the time.

In the same period, the number of people registered as Republicans grew to only 16 percent today from 13 percent in 1984.

Seven percent were registered as Republicans, and 14.1 percent declined to state a preference.