CA Sees 1.2M More Registered Voters Since 2014

CALIFORNIA -- California has nearly 1.2 million more voters since the last gubernatorial election in 2014, with the majority of new voters registered under "no party preference." The latest figures, released by the Secretary of State's office this month, show the Golden State has a total of 18.8 million voters.

“It’s exciting to see the highest percentage of eligible Californians registered to vote in decades. But for those who haven’t registered yet, there is still time to register ahead of the June 5 Statewide Primary Election,” said Secretary of State Alex Padilla in a statement.

Figures released by Padilla's office show voters registered under "no party preference" jumped from 3.7 million to 4.7 million, a 4 percent increase. Democrats saw the next biggest increase from 7.6 million voters in 2014 to 8.4 million voters in 2018, a 1 percent increase.

Independents saw a slight jump from 472,000 voters in 2014 to 502,000 in 2018.

Republicans saw a 3 percent decline in registered voters, going from 5 million in 2014 to 4.7 million in 2018.

The Secretary of State's office said 75 percent of eligible Californians are registered to vote, making it the
highest percentage of eligible citizens registered to vote heading into a California Gubernatorial Primary in the past 64 years.

Padilla urged voters who have moved or changed their names since the last election to update their information online at RegisterToVote.ca.gov.

Anyone who is unsure of their voter registration status can verify their information quickly and easily using the My Voter Status tool at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.

“The results of California’s 2018 statewide elections will determine the future of our state and our communities for years to come," Padilla said. "Only those who are registered to vote will have a say in the representatives we elect and in the initiatives we enact. Voter participation makes our democracy stronger."

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