CA Party Registration Statistics

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Since the February 10, 2005 Report of Registration:

• The total registration in the state has declined from 16,628,673 to 15,682,358.

• The percentage number of total registered voters compared to eligible voters has declined from 73.9% to 68.9%.

• The percentage number of voters who have “Declined to State” their political party has increased from 17.9% to 18.8%.

• The percentage registration in the qualified political parties has increased from 77.5% to 80.5%.

• The percentage registration in the Democratic Party declined from 43.0 to 42.5%.

• The percentage registration in the Republican Party declined from 34.5% to 34.2%.

• Since June 19, 1995, (when NVRA began) through December 31, 2006, 18,079,620 peoplehave registered or reregistered to vote in conjunction with “Motor Voter.”

The top ten Democratic Party, Republican Party and Declined to State counties in terms of party registration:

Democratic Party
Alameda - 55.21%
Imperial - 55.17%
San Francisco - 54.34%
Santa Cruz - 53.01%
Marin - 52.23%
Sonoma - 50.12%
Los Angeles - 49.73%
San Mateo - 49.38%
Solano - 48.60%
Monterey - 48.27%

Republican Party
Placer - 51.26%
Modoc - 49.45%
Sutter - 49.45%
Shasta - 49.13%
Madera - 49.01%
Tulare - 47.89%
Orange - 47.69%
Kern - 47.51%
Glenn - 47.25%
Mariposa - 46.76%

Decline to State
San Francisco - 29.13%
Mono - 24.34%
Santa Clara - 23.99%
Alpine - 22.98
San Mateo - 22.39%
Alameda - 21.92%
San Diego - 21.74%
Yolo - 20.68%
Humboldt - 20.47%
Marin - 20.28%

The top three American Independent Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Peace and Freedom Party counties in terms of party registration:

American Independent Party
Lassen - 4.33%
Tehama - 3.98%
Yuba - 3.73%

Green Party
Humboldt - 5.22%
Mendocino - 4.78%
Santa Cruz - 3.27

Libetarian Party
Calaveras - 1.21%
Sierra - 1.07%
Siskiyou - 0.96%

Peace and Freedom
Sacramento - 0.67%
Los Angeles - 0.60%
Mendocino - 0.54%

[Jaggerjack]

I'm suprised neither Stanislaus nor any Inland Empire counties rank in the top 10 GOP. But anyways, go Alameda! And looks like the amount of dem. voters fell harder than GOP... ><

[Gabu]

Looks like a great deal of San Francisco Republicans don't want their presence to be known.

[Governor PiT]

Intersting I always thought of SF as being the most liberal city in the US but it actually is the most independent, though most of them probably are more left than right.