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Tape 22 Million Californians Registered to Vote Heading into General Election

SACRAMENTO, CA – Secretarial assistant of State Alex Padilla released the final statewide Report of Registration ahead of the November 3, 2020, Full general Election. As of October 19, 2020, a tape 22,047,448 Californians were registered to vote. This represents an increase of 2,635,677 registered voters since the final Study of Registration at a like bespeak in a presidential election cycle (October 24, 2016).

87.87% of eligible Californians are registered to vote. This is the highest percentage of eligible citizens registered to vote heading into a General Election in the past 80 years.

Click here to view the complete statewide Report of Registration.

"For the first fourth dimension, California now has more than 22 meg registered voters," said Secretary of Land Alex Padilla. "There are more voters registered in California than the number of people in the state of Florida! Tape registration and a historic ballot points towards a big voter turnout, which could also mean longer lines and look times on Election Twenty-four hours. If yous oasis't voted all the same, I highly recommend that you consider voting early."

"If you missed the voter registration deadline, you withal have to opportunity to vote using 'Same Day' Registration. 2020 marks the first year that voters can consummate the 'Same Twenty-four hour period' voter registration process and bandage their ballot at any in-person voting location in the county or the canton elections part," Padilla added.

Trends in Statewide Voter Registration 1996 – 2020

1996

2000

2004

2008

2012

2016

2020

Democratic

47.2%

45.4%

43.0%

44.iv%

43.seven%

44.9%

46.1%

Republican

36.4%

34.9%

34.seven%

31.iv%

29.four%

26.0%

24.2%

No Political party Preference

11.3%

14.4%

17.7%

xix.9%

xx.9%

24.3%

24.0%

 Total Number of Registered Voters

fifteen,662,075

15,707,307

16,557,273

17,304,091

18,245,970

19,411,771

22,047,448

Aforementioned Day Voter Registration
Eligible citizens who missed the "traditional" voter registration borderline of October 19 and withal wish to vote will need to consummate the 'Aforementioned Twenty-four hour period' voter registration process at their local county elections office, polling place, or vote heart. Voters volition exist asked to fill out a voter registration course and then be provided a ballot. Their ballots will exist counted in one case the county elections office has completed the voter registration verification process. Voters tin can complete the 'Same Solar day' voter registration process all the style through Election Mean solar day on November 3.

Registration Comparing October nineteen, 2020 Report vs. October 24, 2016 Study

Political Party

# Registered (2020)

% of Total (2020)

# Registered (2016)

% of Total (2016)

Change in % Points (2016 to 2020)

Democratic

10,170,317

46.13%

eight,720,417

44.92%

+1.21

Republican

v,334,323

24.xix%

five,048,398

26.01%

-i.82

No Political party Preference

5,283,853

23.97%

4,711,347

24.27%

-0.30

American Independent

646,830

ii.93%

507,377

2.61%

+0.32

Green

84,807

0.38%

94,647

0.49%

-0.11

Libertarian

196,108

0.89%

139,805

0.72%

+0.17

Peace and Freedom

103,476

0.47%

75,640

0.39%

+0.08

Unknown/Other

227,734

ane.04%

114,140

0.59%

+0.45

The Report of Registration includes:

  • Voter registration by political political party, by county, city, congressional commune, country senate commune, state assembly district, supervisorial district, and lath of equalization.
  • Statewide voter registration by historic period group by county.
  • Historical comparisons to previous reports in presidential election years.
  • Reports on political bodies attempting to qualify equally political parties (by county).

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