Check out this demographics:
I just found some recent, very interesting statistics, as of Aug. 2005.
SAVE IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, in case I won't be able to find it.
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/JTF_VoterProfilesJTF.pdf
The Democratic Party currently has an advantage of 1.4 million voters over the Republican Party (7.1 million to 5.7 million) or 9 percentage points (43% to 34%), according to the Secretary of State.
Democratic voters (34%) are as likely as Republican voters (32%) to say that their party loyalty is “not very strong.” However, the fact that independents are more likely to lean toward Democrats than Republicans (42% to 28%) tends to work to the disadvantage of the GOP in statewide elections.
CA LIKELY VOTERS: 44% DEM, 37% REP.
The only way Republican propositions, or candidate can possibly win, is if Republicans turn out in droves.
This has been the problem, hasn't it? I just can't understand the complacency.
FYI almost 20 percent of the registered voters in CA are Independent.
Elections and propositions in CA are turned by the Independents.