USA election 2016: 7 June primary results
Presidential elections draw more people to the polls, and county clerks expected turnout to reflect the drawn-out contest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
Polls opened in California at 7 a.m. PT and will close at 8 p.m.
Most of State Assembly District 71 is in San Diego County, but a small portion of Riverside County, including the Hill precincts, are in the District.
According to the Field Poll, less than one-quarter of people voting by mail in the Democratic primary who were polled last week had already sent in their ballots. It also appears to have meant that more people came out to vote.
There have been few reports of problems at the polls Tuesday, amid projections of a much higher turnout than in 2014.
The bigger issue may end up being long lines.
Many of those were “provisional” ballots, which are given to voters whose party registration can not be determined on the day of the election.
If it turns out that many voters do use mail ballots, it would be a record for a California primary. Because of state-imposed mailing deadlines, some voters’ ballots were mailed before they asked to change their party registration. Fry, who ran unopposed, received 131 votes in the Republican primary.
Even then, the choices are limited.
63 percent of Democrats said the Democratic primaries should be open to any voter. Barack Obama, would be a capstone to a history-making candidacy; Sanders was hoping a win in the delegate-rich state would help him make his case that he is the best positioned to beat presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the fall.
In a first for California, two Democrats advanced to the November runoff for U.S. Senate.
U.S. Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz was the leading vote getter with 57 percent of ballots cast. Yes, it could: Democrats who hope to win back the U.S. House of Representatives could use as much help as possible in the state’s 53 congressional districts (the Cook Political Report now shows four House races in the state, three now held by Democrats, as competitive).
Polls indicate that among likely voters for Sanders, Harris only has a three-point advantage over Sanchez. However, in 2010, California voters passed Proposition 14 - the Top Two Primaries Act.
The crowded Senate ticket features 34 names in all, though, and voters may have a tough time differentiating.
As interest in California’s primary election has surged, so too has voter registration.
Democrat Jesse Laslovich and Republican Matt Rosendale are running unopposed for state auditor, while Democrat Melissa Romano and Republican Elsie Arntzen are the only challengers from their respective parties in the race for state superintendent of public instruction. With D.C. still to vote on the Democratic side.
Hoai Le, a mechanic from Santa Ana, wasn’t wild about the choices.