Despite Obama’s perceived drag on the party, registration numbers are still moving towards Democrats in Fresno County.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Since then, however, the Democrats have been chipping away at the advantage.
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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.<\/p>\nLast November, presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Democrat, won Fresno County by more than 5,000 votes over his Republican rival, John McCain. (Fresno Bee<\/a>) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Despite Obama’s perceived drag on the party, registration numbers are still moving towards Democrats in Fresno County.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Since then, however, the Democrats have been chipping away at the advantage.
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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.<\/p>\n