How Many Registered Democrats Are There In The Us

California has over 22 meg registered voters, an all-time record achieved ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The state's number of registered voters now surpasses Florida's unabridged population.

Of the 22 million, about 10 1000000 (or 46%) are Democrat and five million (24%) are Republicans. The remaining 6.5 million (30%) are independents or registered to other parties, according to the most contempo Report of Registration from the California Secretarial assistant of Land released in February 2021.

The traditional political map of California below shows the party breakdown varies past county. Those in the Bay Area tend to have big shares of Democrats, while northern, eastern and some central counties lean more Republican.

Party registration past county

Mouse over a county to see details

Share of 2-party registration:

Lassen Canton is the reddest county, with 55% of its xvi,000 registered voters identifying as Republican and 18% as Democratic. Neighboring Modoc County, with a little over five,000 registered voters, was the 2nd most Republican.

Every bit for the bluest, information technology's difficult to see in the map to a higher place, merely it's San Francisco. The county, which is also a metropolis, has nine times every bit many registered Democrats as Republicans. Just seeing San Francisco on a traditional map is difficult because of the county'southward pocket-sized country expanse.

To more clearly see each county's political makeup, we can instead wait at what cartographers call a "tile grid map," where counties are represented by uniformly-sized hexagons. This type of map adds visual weight to smaller counties, like San Francisco, while removing it from larger counties, similar San Bernardino.

California tile grid map

Each hexagon represents a county. Mouse over each to see details.

Share of two-party registration:

But while this map allows for easier comparisons, information technology gives the impression that counties with the aforementioned coloring are of equal importance electorally. Accept Sacramento and Tall counties. The two counties have similar shares of registered Democrats and Republicans — nearly 45% are Democrats and 25% are Republicans. But Sacramento County has more than 860,000 registered voters. Alpine County has fewer than 900.

This means ballot results in Sacramento County — and other counties with more voters — can outweigh results from Alpine County and other less-populated ones. This argues for maps that size each county by its number of registered votes, like the ane below.

Tile grid map sized by the number of registered voters

Each hexagon is sized in proportion to the number of registered voters

Share of two-party registration:

The resulting tile grid map is largely blueish. Counties in the Bay Area and southern California remain sizable, while many of the northern and key counties — those that lean Republican — are mere dots. Where then do the state'south five meg Republicans live?

The following maps show each county'south population sized by share of the country's registered voters in that county. The maps bear witness that the preponderance of Republicans tin exist found in southern California.

Where are the state's Democrats and Republicans?

Each hexagon is sized by the number of Democrats or Republicans in that county. The ii maps utilise unlike scales.

LA has the biggest hexagon because it has the about registered Dems.

... and the most registered Reps.

Los Angeles Canton has the about registered Republicans (and therefore has the largest hexagon in the map above). The county has nearly 1 million registered Republicans, equal to about 19% of the state's total. Why is the county shaded blue in the original map? Because it has way more Democrats living there — three times as many.

On September xiv, California voters will decide whether to think Governor Gavin Newsom. Given the spread of voters beyond the state — or lack thereof — the result may come down to what happens in just a few counties.