Lower percentage of Californians registered with major parties, state says
Voter registration by Republicans in this state continues to slide, but a smaller percentage of Californians are also registered as Democrats this year.
Republican voter registration dipped from 2011 to 2012 from 30.88% to 29.4%, but the new report by the secretary of state says GOP registration was at 28.94% as of Feb. 10.
Democrats make up 43.93% of registered voters in California as of February, down slightly from 44.04% in February 2011, the last non-election year.
More than 259,000 voters have switched their registration to “no party preference’’ since 2011, according to Secretary of State Debra Bowen.
After hitting a high in voter registration of 18,245,970 for the November 2012 election, registration is now down to 18,055,783, Bowen said.
“Voter registration often dips in an off-year when counties update voter rolls following a general election, but the good news is registration is still up by about 3% from this time two years ago,” Bowen said in a statement.
She gave some of the credit to the state last year offering online voter registration.
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