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Record 22 Million Californians Registered to Vote Heading into General Election

SACRAMENTO, CA – Secretary of State Alex Padilla released the last statewide Report of Registration ahead of the Nov 3, 2020, General Election. Equally of October 19, 2020, a record 22,047,448 Californians were registered to vote. This represents an increment of 2,635,677 registered voters since the concluding Written report of Registration at a similar signal in a presidential ballot wheel (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 lxxx years.

Click here to view the complete statewide Report of Registration.

"For the get-go time, California now has more than than 22 million registered voters," said Secretary of State Alex Padilla. "There are more than 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 as well hateful longer lines and wait times on Election Day. If you haven't voted yet, I highly recommend that you lot consider voting early."

"If you missed the voter registration deadline, you lot yet have to opportunity to vote using 'Same Day' Registration. 2020 marks the first yr that voters can complete the 'Aforementioned Day' voter registration process and cast their ballot at any in-person voting location in the county or the canton elections role," 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%

43.7%

44.nine%

46.1%

Republican

36.iv%

34.9%

34.7%

31.iv%

29.4%

26.0%

24.2%

No Party Preference

11.3%

xiv.4%

17.7%

19.ix%

20.9%

24.3%

24.0%

 Total Number of Registered Voters

15,662,075

15,707,307

xvi,557,273

17,304,091

18,245,970

nineteen,411,771

22,047,448

Aforementioned Day Voter Registration
Eligible citizens who missed the "traditional" voter registration deadline of October 19 and still wish to vote will demand to complete the 'Aforementioned Day' voter registration procedure at their local county elections office, polling place, or vote center. Voters will be asked to fill up out a voter registration form and so be provided a ballot. Their ballots volition be counted once the county elections office has completed the voter registration verification process. Voters tin complete the 'Same Day' voter registration procedure all the fashion through Ballot Twenty-four hours on November iii.

Registration Comparison Oct nineteen, 2020 Report vs. October 24, 2016 Report

Political Party

# Registered (2020)

% of Total (2020)

# Registered (2016)

% of Total (2016)

Change in % Points (2016 to 2020)

Democratic

ten,170,317

46.13%

8,720,417

44.92%

+ane.21

Republican

5,334,323

24.xix%

5,048,398

26.01%

-1.82

No Party Preference

five,283,853

23.97%

4,711,347

24.27%

-0.thirty

American Independent

646,830

2.93%

507,377

ii.61%

+0.32

Green

84,807

0.38%

94,647

0.49%

-0.xi

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

1.04%

114,140

0.59%

+0.45

The Report of Registration includes:

  • Voter registration by political party, past canton, metropolis, congressional district, state senate district, country assembly district, supervisorial district, and board of equalization.
  • Statewide voter registration past historic period group by canton.
  • Historical comparisons to previous reports in presidential election years.
  • Reports on political bodies attempting to authorize as political parties (by county).

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