Voter registration surge and how it breaks down in Orange County

April 9, 2016 - The California Secretary of State recently released data that shows that 600,000 online voter registrations have take place in California since January 1, 2016. Here in Orange County we have seen our fair share of that surge, with nearly 35,000 (or 5.8% of the statewide total) new registrations alone since the start of the New Year. We thought we would share with you how these new registrations breakdown by party:

American Independent 1,549
Americans Elect 1
Democratic 14,358
Green 85
Libertarian 370
No Party Preference 10,193
Peace and Freedom 158
Republican 7,577