700,000 New California Voters Since Last Presidential Primary; 240,000 Since Early December

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Secretary of State Debra Bowen just released new voter registration numbers, and they bode well for California's big D Democrats and small d democracy. California has 700,000 new voters since the 2004 primary and 240,000 new voters since early December. Of the newly registered since December, 150,633 are Democrats while only 39,246 are Republicans. Also, while Decline-to-State voters represented 16.43% of the electorate in 2004, they now represent 19.37%."There are just four days until the earliest primary in our state’s history, and California voters will step on the scales of the presidential race in a major way," said Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the state’s chief elections officer. “Voter registration drives across the state have paid off, because there are now tens of thousands of new voters who will have their voices heard on February 5."