http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/california-democratic-voter-registration-223487 Trump fuels Democratic voter surge
In California, Democratic voter registration numbers spiked when the presumptive GOP nominee dominated the news cycle.
By Daniel Strauss
05/23/16 10:10 PM EDT
When the deadline to register to vote in California's June 7 primary closes Monday evening, Democrats are expected to be the big winners. The party has enjoyed a dramatic spike in registration since the beginning of the year — and they have Donald Trump to thank for it.
In the first three months of the year, California added 1.5 million new voters through the end of April — double the number of new voters added during the same time period in 2012. And the total number of registered Democrats increased by nearly 100,000 people between the beginning of January and the beginning of April — compared to a gain of just 15,000 registered Republicans, according to an analysis from Political Data Inc., a California-based voting analytics firm.
Paul Mitchell, Political Data’s vice president, notes that Democratic registration typically increased when the news cycle revolved around Donald Trump.
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