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Democrats hold
all statewide elective offices and large majorities in both
houses of the legislature in the most populous U.S. state.
There were just under 4.8 million Republicans registered in the
state as of Jan. 3, down from nearly 5.2 million in early
January 2012, the last presidential election cycle, Secretary of
State Alex Padilla said Monday.
Republicans accounted for 27.62 percent of registered voters in
California, down from 30.36 percent in 2012, according to the
data, which was posted on Padilla's state website.
Most of that change was reflected in the number of voters
registering as independents, which went up by just under 3
percent. In January 2016, the number of Californians indicating
that they preferred not to state a party preference was 4.1
million, up from 3.6 million in 2012. Independents accounted for
24 percent of all registered voters in 2016, up from about 21
percent in 2012.
The number of Democrats remained about the same at roughly 7.4
million.
The number of people registered to vote in California rose by
about 231,000 since 2012 to 17.3 million.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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