{"id":13950,"date":"2023-08-29T18:47:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/?p=13950"},"modified":"2023-08-29T21:18:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:18:39","slug":"california-voter-and-party-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/?p=13950","title":{"rendered":"California Voter and Party Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>by Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, and Deja Thomas<\/em>, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ppic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">PPIC<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-202.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-202.png 817w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-202-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-202-768x516.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Democrats make up nearly half of registered voters; independent registration has declined in recent years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The share of registered voters who are Democrats (46.9%) has increased from 2019 (43.1%), the year leading up to the last presidential election, while the share of Republicans (23.8%) has stayed steady (23.6% in 2019).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The share of voters who say they are independent (also known as \u201cdecline to state\u201d or \u201cno party preference\u201d) is 22.5% and has declined since 2019 (28.3%). Meanwhile, the shares registering with a minor political party have increased from 5.1% in 2019 to 6.8% today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twenty years ago, during the lead up to the 2004 presidential election, Republicans made up a much higher share of the electorate (35.2% in February 2003) than today, while independents (15.3%) made up a lower share. The Democratic share (44.4%) in 2003 was slightly lower than it is today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most independent likely voters lean toward a major party and many are ideologically moderate.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In our surveys over the past year, independent likely voters have been more likely to lean Democratic (47%) than Republican (26%); 27% did not lean toward either party.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These shares are similar to 2019, when 43% leaned Democratic, 31% leaned Republican, and 26% did not lean toward either party.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent likely voters are much more likely to be moderate (46%) than liberal (32%) or conservative (22%). In contrast, 24% of Republican likely voters say they are moderate (72% conservative, 4% liberal), while 30% of Democratic likely voters describe themselves as moderate (60% liberal, 10% conservative).   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-199.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-199.png 849w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-199-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-199-768x333.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Likely voters are disproportionately white; Democratic likely voters are more diverse.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whites make up only 39% of California\u2019s adult population but comprise 52% of likely voters. In contrast, Latinos make up 36% of the state\u2019s adult population but only 25% of likely voters. The shares of Asian American (13%) and African American (6%) likely voters are roughly proportionate to their shares of the state\u2019s adult population\u201416% for Asian Americans and 6% for African Americans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than four in ten (44%) Democratic likely voters are white; 30% are Latino, 14% are Asian American, and 8% are African American.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A strong majority (66%) of Republican likely voters are white; relatively few are Latino (18%), Asian American (11%), or African American (1%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Among independents, 50% are white, 23% are Latino, 19% are Asian American, and 5% are African American.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-200.png 840w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-200-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-200-768x306.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Many demographic traits of likely voters differ across parties.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Independents (21%) and Democrats (22%) are much more likely than Republicans (9%) to be young adults (age 18 to 34), while Republicans (61%) are much more likely than Democrats (48%) or independents (43%) to be age 55 and older.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Democratic likely voters are much more likely to be women (57%) than men (43%), while independents are far more likely to be men (61%) than women (39%); Republicans (50% men, 50% women) are evenly divided.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Democrats (42%), independents (46%), and members of minor parties (50%) are somewhat more likely than Republicans (33%) to be college graduates. About one-quarter of both Democrats (22%) and Republicans (24%) have no college education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One in four Democrats (25%) have household incomes under $40,000, compared to about one in six Republicans (17%) and independents (17%). Half or more across partisan groups have annual incomes of $80,000 or more (51% Democrats, 51% minor party members, 55% independents, 59% Republicans).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-201.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-201.png 837w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-201-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-201-768x297.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>by Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, and Deja Thomas, PPIC Democrats make up nearly half of registered voters; independent registration has declined in recent years. Most independent likely voters lean toward a major party <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/?p=13950\" title=\"California Voter and Party Profiles\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,64],"tags":[83,85],"class_list":["post-13950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-slider","category-california","tag-california","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13957,"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13950\/revisions\/13957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}