FRESNO (KMJ) — New data from the California Secretary of State suggests there isn’t a single Republican majority county left.
The figures from Alex Padilla’s office also show that registered Republicans in California shrunk by around 400,000 voters between 2012 and 2016.
“The Democrats are losing numbers also over the long term”, says Chairman of Fresno County’s Republican Party Fred Vanderhoof. “The ones that are increasing the most are the ‘decline to states’. ‘Decline to states’ make up both Republican and Democrat”.
The figures do indicate a relative drop on the Democrats’ side, showing a reduction from 2012 figures as the party didn’t grow as fast as the Golden States’ population.
“It just takes a lot of work”, continues Vanderhoof. “We can look at Texas. They have a similar demographic that we do and their numbers are higher. They’re getting into the Latino community and other communities.
“So it just takes work and you need to get out to the communities, get out door to door”.
When it comes to counties, Vanderhoof reveals that their figures show that there are some that do have a Republican majority.
“I don’t know how many but there are a number of counties out of 58 that have a majority Republican. There’s a lot of small counties up in Northern California have a majority Republican so I’m not sure what they might have been referring to”.
Additionally the number of Californians registering as independent grew since 2012, with ‘no party preference’ expected to surpass the number of registered Republicans in the coming years.
