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Democrats Nearly Reach Parity in Fresno County

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Despite Obama’s perceived drag on the party, registration numbers are still moving towards Democrats in Fresno County.

Fresno County has certified its first voter-registration numbers of the year, and the Democratic Party continues to close the gap with the rival Republican Party. The gap is now just 639 voters. … Republicans surpassed Democrats a decade ago, and by 2004 had widened the gap countywide to more than 23,500 voters.

Since then, however, the Democrats have been chipping away at the advantage.

In October 2004, Democrats had 140,400 registered voters. Now, they have 157,899. In the meantime, the Republicans have gone from 164,073 in 2004 to 158,538.

Last November, presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Democrat, won Fresno County by more than 5,000 votes over his Republican rival, John McCain. (Fresno Bee)

We’ll have to wait until the Secretary of State issues numbers later in the year.  But if this trend is statewide, perhaps the conventional wisdom about this electoral season might need to be adjusted.

2 thoughts on “Democrats Nearly Reach Parity in Fresno County”

  1. Is this a good sign for those of us on the Keep Richard Pombo Retired Committee?  Who has the latest numbers by Congressional District?  SOS site is only reporting numbers from last May.

    It also includes Mariposa, Tuolumne, most of Madera and a good piece of Stanislaus… minus most of Modesto.

    Fresno is only about 35% or so of the District.

    Still the numbers are moving closer to what McNerney had to overcome in 2006 and he managed to do it.. helped by Pombo running what the Washington Post labeled as the worst campaign of the cycle.  

  2. We’re planning another voter registration canvass in Fresno tomorrow from 11-5:00 with volunteers from Fresno Democrats, OFA, the Les Marsden campaign, Take Back Red California, the CDP, labor, and environmental groups. Come on out and join us!

    Look up Friends of Fresno County Democrats on Facebook for more information.

    We’ll be doing the same for Madera County in February. And we hope to expand the effort to other counties in the district in coming months.

    I have to say, it was such fun to kick Pombo’s ass in 06, that a lot of us are looking forward to doing it again.

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