Voter dynamics and registration ahead of California’s June 3 primary election:
- As of April, California had 17.6 million registered voters, about 73 percent of those eligible to vote.
- Registration is 43.5 percent Democratic, 28.6 percent Republican and 21.1 percent no party preference.
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- San Francisco County has the highest percentage of voters registered Democratic (56.3 percent) and no party preference (30.7 percent).
- Modoc County has the highest Republican Party registration (49.2 percent).
- While Democrats dominate in registration, Republicans dominate geographically, at least according to county. Of California’s 58 counties, 31 are majority Republican and 27 are majority Democratic.
- The electorate for the June primary is expected to be overwhelmingly conservative, older and whiter than California’s overall voter registration base.
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Sources: Secretary of state’s office; Public Policy Institute of California.
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