THE CHANGING CALIFORNIA ELECTORATE (PART 1):
LARGE-SCALE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN CALIFORNIA’S ELECTORATE FROM WHAT IT WAS THIRTY YEARS AGO.Here are some things I found interesting:
- As the percentage of white non-Hispanics in the overall population has dropped 26 points from 68.9% to 42.8% over the past three decades, white non-Hispanics’ share of the state’s registered voter population has decreased 18 points from 83.0% to 65.0%.
- These declines are offset by large increases in the proportion of Latinos and Asians. Latinos now comprise 37.0% of the state’s total population (up 18.9% since 1978) and 21% of the state’s registered voters (up 13 points). The percentages of blacks in both the overall population and among registered voters have declined only marginally, but there has been a big increase in the proportions of Asians/others.
- Currently 55% of registered Democrats and 59% of non-partisans are white non-Hispanic, while greater than four in ten are voters of color. By contrast, among Republicans about eight in ten (79%) are white non-Hispanic and 21% include ethnic voters.
Well, there are other things, like age groups, religions, and all that, but I won't paste the whole report... it's a cool read.
