A record 19.4 million Californians are now registered to vote.
The Secretary of State’s office released its final registration statistics Friday ahead of Tuesday’s election. The figures show that more than a million new voters are registered compared to the last presidential election four years ago.
The record number of registered voters isn’t surprising on its own, since California’s population is also at a record-high. But the percentage of eligible voters who are registered is 78 percent – and that’s higher than it’s been in 20 years.
Registered Democrats are up slightly, to roughly 45 percent. But Republican Party registration is down to 26 percent – a three-and-a-half-point drop. That’s exactly how big the increase is for voters registered without party preference.
Statewide Voter Registration by Party Preference – October 24, 2016
|
Political Party
|
# Registered
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% of Total
|
|
Democratic
|
8,720,417
|
44.92%
|
|
Republican
|
5,048,398
|
26.01%
|
|
American Independent
|
507,377
|
2.61%
|
|
Green
|
94,647
|
0.49%
|
|
Libertarian
|
139,805
|
0.72%
|
|
Peace and Freedom
|
75,640
|
0.39%
|
|
No Party Preference
|
4,711,347
|
24.27%
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
114,140
|
0.59%
|
|
Total
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19,411,771
|
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Source: California Secretary of State's office
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