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Voters exit Avenal High School in Kings County on November 3, 2020. Photo by Clara Mokri for CalMatters
In summary
Despite election reforms designed to improve turnout in 2020, the gap between white and diverse voters remained significant.
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Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary, urging Latinos and other infrequent voters to turn out.
Just 17, the teen couldn’t even vote yet.
“I made sure to send people out there to vote on my behalf. That’s something that we all have the power to do,” said the teen, a volunteer with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights based in Los Angeles.
Hills above Santa Rosa harbor peacocks, foxes and some of California’s most engaged voters
Nine of ten registered voters cast ballots in Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California, making them the state’s highest turnout in the 2020 election. Author: Lewis Griswold (CalMatters) Updated: 4:20 PM PST December 18, 2020
Nine of ten registered voters cast ballots in two northern California counties, making them the state’s highest turnout counties in the November 2020 election.
Sonoma County had the highest turnout at an impressive 90.49% of registered voters.
The statewide average? 81%.
While Northern California claims the record turnout among California’s 58 counties, a CalMatters analysis of the state’s 12 most populated counties revealed a precinct in Sun City Palm Desert, a retirement community in Southern California, that boasts a voter turnout of about 96%.
People leaving for other states
California’s population is growing at the slowest rate in more than a century, showcasing the contradictions of a state known for its innovation, beauty and diversity but also for its high cost of living, destructive wildfires and homelessness.
The Golden State’s population increased by 0.05% from July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020 a rate not seen since 1900, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Finance. The state added 21,200 residents over that time period to bring its total population to 39.78 million, bigger than 21 states and the District of Columbia combined but still below the 40-million mark researchers had predicted California would cross in 2018.
In summary
Nine of ten registered voters cast ballots in Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California, making them the state’s highest turnout counties in the November 2020 election. Their competition? A Sun City Palm Desert precinct, where turnout reached almost 96%.
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Nine of ten registered voters cast ballots in two northern California counties, making them the state’s highest turnout counties in the November 2020 election.
Sonoma County had the highest turnout at an impressive 90.49% of registered voters.
The statewide average? 81%.
While Northern California claims the record turnout among California’s 58 counties, a CalMatters analysis of the state’s 12 most populated counties revealed a precinct in Sun City Palm Desert, a retirement community in Southern California, that boasts a voter turnout of about 96%.