 As the first chart illustrates, its members account for approximately 40 percent of the net growth in the Oregon electorate from January 2007 to December 2010.It is also larger than all other Oregon minor political parties combined, as illustrated in the second chart.Possible reasons are that when asked by DMV during voter registration what party they are affiliated with, when someone replies "Independent," meaning not part of an ANY party (what most people believe being independent used to mean) they are automatically included to this new, misleadingly named Independent Party, which some Oregonians consider near fraudulent.