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Decline-to-state voters reach all-time high

There's a new message for Democrats and Republicans: Don't look back. The number of decline-to-state voters is gaining on you. Secretary of State Debra Bowen reported Friday that those who decline to state a political preference has reached an all-time high of 20.4percent among the state's 17.1million registered voters.

Rick Orlov | Daily News | Published: 03/12/2011 10:13

In the annual Report of Registration of California's 58 counties, the no-party preference has moved up into third place.

The Democratic Party now accounts for 44 percent of registered voters, with the GOP claiming 30.9percent. Four other organized parties - American Independent, Green, Libertarian and Peace and Freedom - account for 3.9 percent.

In Los Angeles County, 20.9 percent of the 4 million registered voters declined to affiliate with a political party. Democrats account for 51percent of the county's registered voters and Republicans, 23 percent.

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