The California Secretary of State recently released the tally of how many voters are registered in each political party, as of December 4, 2007. The previous tally had been as of September 4, 2007.
The only three parties in the state that gained are the American Independent (Constitution), Peace & Freedom, and Reform Parties. The Reform Party is not qualified but is attempting to qualify, although it has not gained enough to have a chance to qualify for 2008, because the deadline is December 31, 2007, and it needs 88,991 registrations to do that (old parties don’t need nearly that many registrations to remain qualified).
The number of independents also increased.
The new totals are: Democratic 6,598,773; Republican 5,190,179; American Independent 320,435; Green 132,501; Libertarian 81,906; Peace & Freedom 57,013; Reform 29,477; other 68,124; declines to state (California’s peculiar term for “independent”) 2,990,143.
The old totals had been: Democratic 6,599,660; Republican 5,254,795; American Independent 316,811; Green 136,018; Libertarian 82,669; Peace & Freedom 56,957; Reform 28,735; other 70,809; declines to state 2,980,622.
The Reform Party gain was almost entirely in Sacramento County. The party in that county went from 998 to 2,521.
are temporarily attempting to regain ballot access status, as they eventually spiral into oblivian and history’s ash bin. If you ever want to see what the Circus looks like when it comes to town, be near 1708 “H” Street, Unit 6, Sacramento {CAlifornia 95819] on Saturday December 29 and Sunday December 30th!
Though the overall numbers are small, in Fresno County (CA), Peace and Freedom Party is showing an increase of 133 voters (22%) since the Feb. 10, 2007 report. For the period 2/10 to 9/4, the increase was 72. For the period 9/4 to 12/7, the increase was 61. Currently there are 730 voters in Fresno County that are registered Peace and Freedom. By contrast, there are 6,331 American Indpendents (Constitution), 1,722 Greens, 1,274 Libertarians, 43,644 Decline to States (Independents) and 3,513 Others.
IF it wasn’t for so many illegals that got licenses, this state would be republican and votes would go to Ron Paul.
Erik,
There is one grammatical error and there are three non sequiturs in your statement – in addition to the implied racism.
Phil
Erik is afraid that the illegals will come and take away his excellent public schooling. Also, it is likely that he will be unable to compete with the higher-IQ illegals.
Phil & Eric,
While there are better ways to identify the problem, it is not at all racist to identify the major problem of illegal immigrant voter fraud & financial burden of illegal immigrants abusing government systems.
Eric Garris is also missing a huge point: why should any citizen have to compete with a law breaking family of non-citizens for education that citizen paid for or will pay for? The IQ issue is a red herring.