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There are currently six qualified parties in California. The Democratic Party has the largest number of registered voters by a significant margin, followed by the Republicans. In third place is the American Independent Party. The LP is in fourth place, followed by the Peace and Freedom Party and then the Greens. | There are currently six qualified parties in California. The Democratic Party has the largest number of registered voters by a significant margin, followed by the Republicans. In third place is the American Independent Party. The LP is in fourth place, followed by the Peace and Freedom Party and then the Greens. | ||
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* The Republicans have gone from roughly comparable with the Democrats to a very clear second place. (This corresponds to the parties' relative success in state government, where the Democrats currently hold all the statewide offices as well as a super-majority in both houses of the legislature.) | * The Republicans have gone from roughly comparable with the Democrats to a very clear second place. (This corresponds to the parties' relative success in state government, where the Democrats currently hold all the statewide offices as well as a super-majority in both houses of the legislature.) | ||
* The number of independent voters (official term "no party preference", formerly "decline to state") has risen, and for a time exceeded the number of Republicans, but seems to have leveled off in the past few years, at approximately even with Republicans. | * The number of independent voters (official term "no party preference", formerly "decline to state") has risen, and for a time exceeded the number of Republicans, but seems to have leveled off in the past few years, at approximately even with Republicans. | ||
* The Greens, after showing significant growth in the early 2000s, | * The Greens, after showing significant growth in the early 2000s, were on the decline for a while and are now in last place. | ||
* | * All four of the smaller parties (American Independent, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom) have shown slow but steady growth over the past several years. | ||
[[Category: Voter Registration Statistics]] | [[Category: Voter Registration Statistics]] |