"By Election Day next November, political party registration in California will be about 40% Democratic, 24% Republican and 35% independent or having declined to state. That's close to where political preferences in this state have stayed pretty steadily since the 1990s, when a tide of Latino voters became Democrats because Republicans led by then-Gov. Pete Wilson supported the 1994 Proposition 187, which threatened to deprive undocumented immigrants of public schooling, most medical care and other services."
"It's because of unjustifiably large Democratic egos. Under this state's top-two jungle primary system, the first two finishers in any primary election reach the runoff election, regardless of party affiliations. Right now, so many Democrats are running for governor that they could splinter their party's June primary vote and leave two well-funded Republicans in the race Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and former Fox News commentator Steve Hilton as the top two vote-getters and opposing each other next November."
California registration will be about 40% Democratic, 24% Republican and 35% independent or declined-to-state by next November. Latino voters shifted to Democrats after Republicans backed Proposition 187 in 1994, which threatened to deny undocumented immigrants schooling and medical care. About 2.5 million residents became U.S. citizens by 1999, helping turn California solidly blue; only Arnold Schwarzenegger has won statewide as a Republican recently. Under the top-two jungle primary, a splintered Democratic field could allow two Republicans — Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton — to advance to the November runoff.
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