Report: Fewer than one in three California voters registered as Republican

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

Since just before the last California presidential primary, the proportion of voters registered as Republicans has fallen from 33.5 percent to 30.4 percent, according to new figures from the California Secretary of State.

Democrats halted a steady, years-long decline with a one percentage-point bump in registration since the last primary, largely due to leftover gains from Obama's last campaign, the new figures show. About 43.6 percent of the state's voters are registered Democrat.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/01/4231019/report-fewer-than-one-in-three.html

[rfranklin]

1. so how do Republicans keep getting elected in CA?

It's a mystery to me.

[MineralMan]

2. Some districts in CA have a Republican majority.

Those districts elect Republicans. It's the same everywhere. Here in MN, we have a couple of solid Republican districts. One of them elected Bachmann.

Most politics are local. Congressional seats and state legislature seats are very local.