A record 3.5 million of the state’s registered voters decline to join a political party, according to updated figures released today by Secretary of State Debra Bowen.
The figure is a record both in terms of the raw number and the percentage of the voters registered decline-to-state, which increased from 20.18 percent (the previous record set in January) to 20.25 percent.
Bad news from the California Secretary of State today, for the Red and Blue parties. Decline to State voters now make up over 20% of the electorate. This is particularly bad news for the GOP. The Republicans are now down to 31% of registered voters. Independent voters should pass them in registration within five years.
With Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman going down in flames, maybe the Republicans need to rethink their strategy of hating Mexicans, and gays and being social extremists akin to the Taliban?
The state added more than 300,000 new voters between Sept. 3 and Oct. 18, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Here is the full breakdown, reflecting figures as of Oct. 18:
Total registered voters: 17,285,883 (73.4 percent of the eligible population)
Democrats: 7,620,240 (44.08 percent of registered voters)
Republicans 5,361,875 (31.02 percent of voting population)
Decline-to-state: 3,500,696 (20.25 percent of registered voters)
American Independent 413,032 (2.39 percent of registered voters)
Green: 113,835 (0.66 percent of registered voters)
Libertarian: 91,111 (0.53 percent of registered voters)
Peace and Freedom: 57,776 (0.33 percent of registered voters)
Miscellaneous: 127,318 (0.74 percent of registered voters)
Maybe it is time to organize Decline-to-State voters into the third party they have become?
ya missed one group, the “declined to register” 26.6 percent.