GOP registration dips below 30 percent in Calif.

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GOP registration dips below 30 percent in Calif.
By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press


SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has reached an all-time high of 18.2 million registered voters while the number of registered Republicans has fallen below 30 percent, signaling a worrisome decline for the state’s minority party.

In its final update before Tuesday’s general election, the secretary of state’s office announced Friday that the number of registered voters has increased by 950,000 since the 2008 presidential contest. Officials attribute that surge in part to the state’s new online registration system, which helped many young, Democratic-leaning Californians sign up to vote this fall.

That system was seen as a threat to the California Republican Party, which has struggled to maintain voters, let alone add them. The secretary of state announced that Republicans now make up 29.3 percent of the state’s electorate, compared with 31.4 percent in 2008.

The GOP now has about 1.5 million more voters in the state than those registered as having no party preference, previously called decline-to-state voters. Independent voters account for 21 percent of the electorate.

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http://www.salon.com/2012/11/02/gop_registration_dips_below_30_percent_in_calif_2/

[Dem2TheCore]

1. The abundance of Democrats

(and the awesome weather) was the best part of living in LA.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. And it could not happen to a more deserving bunch of crackpots!

[DBoon]

3. If we can do it, so can Texas

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