More than 23 percent of California voters have registered without a party preference, according to voter registration numbers released Tuesday. That’s an all time high for the state and an increase of more than 640,000 people compared to September 2010.
In San Diego County 27 percent of voters are registered without a party preference, while in Imperial County 24 percent of voters are registered without a party preference.
There are nearly 18 million people registered to vote in California. The Democratic Party still dominates, being claimed by more than 43 percent of voters. The Republican Party comes in just above the no-party-preference voters with 28 percent.
In San Diego County 1.5 million people are registered to vote. In Imperial County there are 58,201 registered voters. In San Diego County nearly 35 percent of voters are registered as Democrats and 33 percent are registered as Republicans. In Imperial County 49 percent of voters are registered as Democrats and 22 percent are registered as Republicans.
Voters registered with several minor parties as well. Among them the American Independent party garners about 3 percent of voters. The Green and Libertarians parties each got about .6 percent of voters.
