California sees flood of new voters spurred by presidential race [View all]
Source: SF Chronicle
The nation’s hard-fought presidential primary contests have brought more than 850,000 new voters onto California’s registration rolls, dwarfing numbers seen in 2008 and 2012, according to figures from the state’s 58 counties.
With the voter registration deadline for the June 7 primary coming up on Monday, those numbers are guaranteed to increase.
“We’re looking at a larger voter growth than ever seen before a primary,” said Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc., which compiled the registration data. “It’s double the preprimary growth in 2012.”
Not surprisingly, the newly registered voters are overwhelmingly young people, with 37 percent under 25 and 64 percent 35 or younger. Many of the older voters are probably new citizens or people who have moved to California from other states.
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Also from NPR's All Things Considered today: Donald Trump Likely Driving Latino Voter Registration Surge In California
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