| CALIFORNIA | 55
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| Population (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Calif. Secretary of State)
California has: 58 counties. Nine counties over 1 million: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento, and Contra Costa. > Five cities over 500,000: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Fresno. > Government
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Indep. Party Los
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 23,620,070. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.2%. Vote by Mail: 6,753,688 [51.16% of Total Voters]. Total Registration: 18,245,970. Voter Registration Deadline: postmarked no later than October 22, 2012. |
Total voters: 13,202,158. |
Overview:
President Obama won the
state's 55 electoral votes without difficulty and Democrats had success
in congressional and state legislative races as well. Obama
achieved a plurality of 3,014,327 votes (23.12 percentage points) and
carried 31 counties to 27
for Romney. More than half of voters cast the ballots by
mail. Half a million fewer votes were cast than in 2008. General Election Details Obama | (Romney) BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Registration, May 21, 2012: Dem. 7,442,921 (43.39%) Rep. 5,186,492 (30.24%) AIP 434,318 (2.53%) Grn. 110,724 (0.65%) Lib. 93,657 (0.55%) P&F 59,855 (0.35%) AmElect 3,030 (0.02%) Misc. 168,094 (0.98%) Decline 3,654,608 (21.31%) Total 17,153,699. [Eligible: 23,713,027] |
| In 2008, California was
among the
many states which held its presidential primary in February, so it did
have an impact in the nominating races. With the primary moved
back to June, the presidential race was largely an afterthought, and
more interesting races occurred down ballot where California voters had
their first experience with the top-two
primary. |
21,993 of 21,993 precincts
| Democrats
611 Delegates and 46 Alternates Delegates: 365 district level, 121 at-large, 61 PLEO, and 64 unpledged. Alternates: 34 district, 12 at-large. Barack Obama 2,075,905 votes (100%). American
Independent Green Libertarian Peace
&
Freedom |
Republicans
172 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 159 by CD (3 x 53). 7.52% of the 2,286 Delegates. Official Results
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Total Voters: 5,328,296. 3,471,570 (65.15%) by mail and 1,856,726 (34.85%) at precincts.
Turnout: 31.06% of registered voters.
On July 29, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law AB 80, introduced by Assemblyman Paul Fong (D), which moved the presidential primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, coinciding with the statewide primary election (+).
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 21,993,429. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.7%. Mail in voting began on Oct. 6, 2008. Last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot was Oct. 28, 2008. Vote by Mail: 5,722,465 [41.64% of Total Voters]. Total Registration: 17,304,091. Registration Deadline: Oct. 20, 2008. |
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2008
Overview The Obama-Biden ticket easily won California, gaining a plurality of 3,262,692 votes (24.06 percentage points), and carrying 34 counties to 24 for McCain. Both campaigns milked the state for money (visits) and "Tonight Show" appearances. In third party news the AIP disaffiliated from the Constitution Party and ran Alan Keyes as its nominee rather than Chuck Baldwin. Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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| Voting Eligible Population: 21,132,533. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.8%. Registration: Dem. 7,120,425 (43.00%) Rep. 5,745,518 (34.70%) AIP 326,763 (1.97%) Grn. 160,579 (0.97%) Lib. 89,617 (0.54%) NL 28,779 (0.17%) P&F 68,100 (0.41%) Misc. 91,581 (0.55%) Decline 2,925,901 (17.67%) ...Total 16,557,273 |
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2004
Overview Although Republicans had made some headway by electing Gov. Schwarzenegger and cutting the Democrats' registration edge, California remained a "safe Kerry" state. Kerry gained a plurality of 1,235,859 votes (9.98 percentage points); he won in 22 counties to Bush's 36. General Election Details Kerry/Democrats | Bush-Cheney '04 |
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Voting
Eligible Population: 19,685,258. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.7%. 2,739,155
of
the
11,142,843
total
votes
cast
were
by
absentee
ballot
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24.58%. Registration: Dem. 7,134,601 (45.4%) Rep. 5,485,492 (34.9%) AIP 321,838 (2.1%) Grn. 138,734 (0.9%) Lib. 94,900 (0.6%) Ref. 79,152 (0.5%) NL 58,275 (0.4%) Misc. 137,999 (0.9%) Decline 2,256,316 (14.4%) ...Total 15,707,307 |
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2000
Overview Brash talk and a significant investment of resources by the Bush campaign and the Republican party failed to pry California's 54 electors out of the Democratic column. As in other recent statewide elections, the Democrats' registration edge of about 10% held solid; Vice President Gore won with a plurality of 1,293,774 votes (11.80 percentage points). Los Angeles County weighed in heavily, producing a plurality of more than 800,000 votes for Gore. Overall, Gore won in 20 counties to Bush's 38. Early in the campaign it appeared Ralph Nader might be a factor. From Aug. 1 to Election Day he spent 13 days campaigning in Calif., but he ended up not having much impact on Gore's showing. Pat Buchanan failed to make a mark despite significant TV buys. General Election Activity |
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