California sees record high voter registrations going into primary

[w4rma]

Source: The Hill

“Nearly 18 million California citizens are registered to vote in the June 7 Presidential Primary,” Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in a statement.

“In the 45 days leading up to the voter registration deadline, there was a huge surge in voter registration — total statewide voter registration increased by nearly 650,000. Part of this surge was fueled through social media, as Facebook sent a reminder to all California users to register to vote.”

According to the report, about 72 percent of eligible Californians are registered to vote.

Of the state’s voters, about 45 percent are registered as Democrats, which is a one-point increase since April. Republicans make up about 27 percent and unaffiliated voters account for about 23 percent.

Around this date in 2012, there were 17,153,699 registered voters in Calif.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/282213-calif-sees-record-number-of-registered-voters-going-into

[SmittynMo]

1. 72%? 18 million? Hmmmm

Gee, do ya think the Bern's got something going here? I can't wait for Tuesday.

[people]

2. Increase in CA voter registration -- Bernie Sanders

Many Bernie supporters who are newly registered are registered as NPP (no party preference). In order for those voters to vote for him they will have to go to their polling place on Tuesday or to their County Registrar of voters and ask for a democratic crossover ballot. Write-ins don't count here. If the NPP voter got a mail-in ballot, they have to take the mail in ballot and the envelope it came in to their polling place and turn it in in order to get the democratic crossover ballot.

[WhiteTara]

3. Sounds like a lot of work.

[ancianita]

4. This is my last Sunday of hope. I'm sick of losing to realists. I want the FDR party back.

Come ON, California, New Mexico, New Jersey, Montana and Dakotas!

[LiberalFighter]

5. From what I can find out about California voter registration.

Last edited Sun Jun 5, 2016, 08:37 PM - Edit history (1)

The rate of voters registered is about the same as in 2012.

2016 - 72.29%
2012 - 72.34%
2008 - 70.00%

Democratic Registrations
2016 - 44.8%
2012 - 43.4%
2008 - 43.8%