California sees flood of new voters spurred by presidential race

[alp227]

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.

Read more: http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-sees-flood-of-new-voters-spurred-by-7754295.php?t=4e8cac63c17d4f3860&cmpid=twitter-premium

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Also from NPR's All Things Considered today: Donald Trump Likely Driving Latino Voter Registration Surge In California

[phazed0]

1. Bernie voters!

That's 72% 18-35. Better stop railroading Bernie, DNC.

[pnwmom]

24. Not the Latino voters. n/t

[JDPriestly]

39. Some are both. I registered voters on college campuses. They are mostly, mostly, mostly

Bernie voters. And they talk to their parents.

Older women tend to like Hillary but they can't really tell you why.

[Person 2713]

55. Yes especially waves of young Latinos

http://www.laopinion.com/2016/04/12/clinton-lost-control-of-the-latino-vote-in-california-field-survey/
http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-Latinos-gravitating-toward-Bernie-7247123.php
The motivation to sign up is trump
but those signing up
are leaning to sanders

[AzDar]

2. Until they're mysteriously PURGED on Primary Day...

[Auggie]

6. Not as likely to happen in California n/t

[Samantha]

17. Would it be difficult to change party affiliations? (eom)

[HatTrick]

22. Maybe

Hope you are right, but it appears something weird is going on already:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017374111

[JDPriestly]

40. In Los Angeles, every voter is encouraged to check registration on LAVOTE.net.

[wallyworld2]

46. Well

if they decided to be Independent make sure they are not signing up for the Independent Party.

They are two different things.

One is an individual Independent,

the other is a neo Nazi group and if you join them you cannot vote in the Democratic Primary

Make sure you are not joining their party.

[Frenchye]

3. Young Voters Turned Out in Record Numbers in New York

So Bernie won NY.
http://time.com/4301535/new-york-primary-sanders-clinton-millennials/

[caraher]

25. Open vs. closed primary matters too

New York's closed primary cost Sanders a lot of support. But it's also true what you point out, it's not just about the age of the voters.

[pmorlan1]

4. WOW

That's HUUUUGE! Now I see why they can't wait to get him out of the race. I'm bookmarking that one.

[Samantha]

18. It certainly makes one wonder if this is exactly why we have seen and heard what has been

openly an orchestrated effort to make Sanders drop out. We always knew California was looking very favorably at Sanders, and apparently this has his opposition extremely worried. And so they should be.

Sam

[JDPriestly]

41. And in many counties, our voting machines create a paper record, so hacking is a little

more difficult. The question is whether they will print enough ballots for the voters who decline to state a party preference because many of them want to vote for Bernie based on my experience.

[Samantha]

56. Did you see that video of the California poll worker who said the training misled the workers?

She had read in her handbook to give those crossing over a particular ballot, entitled something like "Democratic Crossover" ballot. When she was in training, they were instructed to give those voters a provisional ballot. Provisional ballots are often not counted, so she called someone up the line and asked about this particular instruction. She was told it was incorrect and to stick to handing out the ballot discussed in the handbook. She was also asked to spread the word to other poll workers in case they had been "misinformed."

Sam

[jillan]

5. Gosh darn that Bernie for bringing excitement to the Democratic Primary!

[oldandhappy]

10. smile

[billhicks76]

7. The Less People That Vote The Better For Hillary

Does this FACT not make Clinton supporters question their candidate? How about her close affiliation to the Bush family? How does that not bother people. Will someone please repost the 1983 photo of young Bill sitting with George Wallace and Bush Sr at the Bush Family BBQ in at their home in Kennebunkport, ME.

[reddread]

9. hence the suppression

its not about Hillary.
Its about the Billionaire lifestyle.

[Hortensis]

32. No, it does not. I'm glad young people are registering.

If only 5% more kids voted Democrat nationally, not just for president, it would shift the national balance of power away from conservative forces to liberal. It'd be huge.

As for being influenced by Bernie voters, fortunately a large block is fellow fairly well informed liberals of all ages, and they're fine. I declined him because I decided he was blowing smoke about what he could achieve, and because I questioned if where he would draw limits on his actions is where I would (turned out to be justified), but I fully understand their desire to push for, to demand "more."

The rest of Bernie's followers, though -- the irrational partisans, the earnest-but-clueless newly involved, the resentful anti-establishments and "where's mines," the hyper-righteous radicals, the malicious anti-Hillary meanies, the fifth-column conservatives? No way! Like most of us watching this berner stew boil from a distance, I just wish Bernie would turn the heat down under them.

[JDPriestly]

42. Hillary and her get-off-my-lawn liberals are not very popular with the young people

I've been talking to.

I've been helping to register some of those voters.

Today, two young women begged me for Bernie buttons. I had run out, so I had to take one off my hat to give to one of them. Both underage and not voting. But they have mothers. The young people persuade their parents to vote for Bernie.

One thing I notice about the young voters is that they know precisely what it is that they like about Bernie. They take their civic responsibility very seriously. It's the issues, as one young Bernie supporter said to me.

Hillary voted for the Iraq War Resolution. I'm sure she thought it was a good idea at the time -- but today's youth are not so persuaded.

Today's young people face debt for their college loans and then low-paying jobs when they graduate from college. They are very worried about their economic futures. Hillary has nothing to offer them but more of the same old, "We'll just grow the economy and you'll get part of it." Today's young people know what that means: The economy grows, but the growth goes mostly to the very rich. Very little of the benefit from that growth will go to them.

So, feel the Bern because America's and especially from what I have seen, California's young people do.

So do I.

[billhicks76]

53. You Live In A Different World

One I will never understand. Hillary lies. She cheats. She suppresses. She is the candidate of war. Of the .01%. Of decades of oppressive drug wars on people here at home. I'm glad I'm on Bernies team. I will never support someone who has alliances with the Bush family.

[wallyworld2]

51. for the life of me

I can't transfer this picture from my pictures file to the comment section here.

I have it

I just don't know how to do it

[billhicks76]

54. Please Show The Uneducated That Photo

[wallyworld2]

57. Here's a link

to that photo https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/275941914182828033/photo/1

[oldandhappy]

8. Thank you -- exciting to see so many new voters.

[Zorro]

11. I think a lot of the new registrants might be Hispanics

Trump is a great motivator.

[Frenchye]

15. Shhh

Don't spoil the party. Bernie will win by an 85% margin

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. You joined DU today to post anti Bernie quips?

[floriduck]

38. I'm still trying to find out the per post rate you get from Clinton/Brock. How much?

[Samantha]

19. But maybe they might not be as much as one would think since Trump

is now the nominee and unopposed....

Sam

[Zorro]

20. They aren't registering to vote for Trump

[Samantha]

31. I am sorry - I misunderstood your point

Just tired tonight.

Sam

[JDPriestly]

50. Trump is a joke in my area of Los Angeles. At the sound of his name, we all laugh.

I wonder whether he will get votes in the hundreds here. I doubt it. He should just stay away from California. We really don't like him at all.

[Uncle Joe]

12. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, alp227.

[Cryptoad]

13. Since Bern's lost to HIllary

there is flood of new voters that want to vote against Trump!

[JDPriestly]

43. This is California. Bernie can still win California. And we Bernie supporters are

planning to make that happen.

[Cryptoad]

47. We dont need a single delegate from CA to win the nomination,,,,

knock urself out!

[JDPriestly]

48. We want to vote!

Do Hillary supporters have a problem with the fact that Californians want to exercise their right to vote?

There will be trouble for Hillary in November thanks to that kind of attitude on the parts of her supporters.

We are the most liberal state in the country.

We got pushed to the back of the bus when it comes to our chance to vote.

And now we are told that our votes won't count.

Well, I will say for myself that I don't think that I need to vote for Hillary in November because if Trump is the Republican candidate, my vote won't count then either. It won't be needed.

This is my one chance to vote for Bernie, and I am going to enjoy it thoroughly.

At 72, this is the first time in my life that I am in the United States and can vote for a candidate that I support 100%.

I've worked, campaigned as well as voted for Democrats all the portions of my life that I have been in the US, but this is the first time that I get to vote for a candidate like Bernie, one I can honestly and fully support.

You had better believe that we in California will vote for Bernie.

This is the most meaningful vote in my life.

Feel the Bern! Cause no matter the outcome of the election, we Berniebros are not going away.

[kimbutgar]

14. I work as a substitute teacher in SF

The Asian children in the schools I work in want to discuss trump saying he wants to take away birthright citizenship. Their parents are also concerned that they also could be deported!

This is not being discussed in MSM. This group of naturalized citizens who are fearing trump are a non polled group.

[JDPriestly]

44. So true.

[LiberalFighter]

16. But Bernie says he has registered millions of new voters.

[ReRe]

21. I don't care why the surge...

... is happening in CA voter Registration, I'm just glad the list of primary-eligible voter's is increasing!
... But I do hope it's to vote for Bernie in the Primary!

[WhiteTara]

29. I hope they will vote in November for

the Democratic nominee.

[JDPriestly]

49. We are being told by Hillaryites that our votes don't matter, so don't count on it.

[WhiteTara]

52. You and I both know that EVERY vote is important

and I hope you will do all you can to stop Drumpf and the total destruction of the world.

[tomm2thumbs]

23. •••ALERT LINK•••

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017374111

DO NOT BE FOOLED INTO ACCEPTING "PROVISIONAL BALLOT" IF NPP

DEMOCRATIC CROSSOVER BALLOT IS WHAT TO ASK FOR

[Sancho]

26. Too bad that Hillary will have the delegates to win before the polls close in California...

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/hillary-clinton-will-clinch-nomination-before-the-polls-close-in-california/24832/

There are approximately 170 superdelegates still uncommitted. Let’s take the hypothetical scenario in which perhaps 50 of them endorse Hillary Clinton over the next three weeks. That’s entirely feasible considering that A) Hillary is now obviously going to be the nominee, and B) party leaders are growing incensed at Bernie’s increasingly divisive and threatening behavior; he already lost one of his own superdelegates yesterday because of it. That would close the gap from around 88 delegates to around 38 delegates. If she then wins four pledged delegates (out of seven available) in the Virgin Islands on June 4th, and then picks up another 34 pledged delegates (out of 60 available) in Puerto Rico on June 5th, that would put her over the top right then and there.

In the other, less aggressive scenario, let’s say she comes up short on some of the above numbers. She picks up fewer superdelegates, or she doesn’t win quite as many pledged delegates in the territories. In that case she’ll pick up enough proportional delegates in New Jersey, win or lose, when the polls close there on June 7th to put her over the top. She’ll mathematically clinch the nomination on the east coast a few hours before the polls close in California on the west coast.

So while there are too many variables to predict whether Hillary Clinton will clinch on June 5th or on June 7th, the one thing that is clear is she’ll clinch before the California results come in. If she then wins the Golden State, it’s a bonus. If she loses it, it becomes the fleeting touchdown that her defeated opponent scored too late. In any case it means she can head into the June 14th Washington DC caucus (which she’ll likely win) with the nomination already firmly in hand, essentially using it as a closing victory lap.

[JDPriestly]

45. We are voting anyway. We are the most liberal state in the Union, and we are going to

vote for Bernie.

Too bad if the rest of the country is too backward and too stupid to see through the propaganda on corporate TV.

They will learn in due time and join us in our support for Bernie and his ideas.

California always leads the way.

[Thinkingabout]

28. I guess the millions of new registered voters was wrong.

[Andy823]

30. This is all about Trump

These new voters are registering so they can vote "against" trump. No matter who wins the nomination, they will be there to support the nominee, unlike many here on DU who keep trying to promote the "don't vote" bullshit.

[silvershadow]

33. K&R

[jwirr]

34. IF there are going to flip party registration in CA like they

have in other states - these are the people they will target. Check you data and ask for a receipt of your party.

[mhatrw]

35. No wonder the networks pulled the plug on exit polling in CA. nt

[ConsiderThis_2016]

36. We know what it is...

...Favor-ability.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. Trump would think they're his....

Of course they are.

Everyone else is a LOSER.

[Sunlei]

58. good news. I read to expect a million new Hispanic voters registered every year.