Madera County Voters Lead the Way Among Valley Counties
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By Bill McEwen, News Director
Published 7 years ago on
June 8, 2018

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It’s not clear what exactly drove California voters to mail in their ballots and show up at the polls.
For Republicans, perhaps it was President Donald Trump’s endorsement of John Cox and the opportunity to get a GOP candidate in the gubernatorial runoff against Democrat Gavin Newsom.
Perhaps the opportunity to launch a “Blue Wave” kicked up interest by Democratic voters in the congressional races.
Whatever the reasons, Rob Pyers, research director for the nonpartisan California Target Book, tweeted that the state’s estimated voter turnout for Tuesday’s mid-term primary was 35.66%.


Pyers additionally tweeted that California hadn’t seen a turnout exceed 35% in a non-presidential primary since 1994.

Madera County Voter Turnout Is 45%

Among Valley counties, Madera — as is often the case — led the way at 44.8%, followed by Kings (32.4%), Kern (31.3%) and Fresno (30%). Tulare County had not submitted its unprocessed ballot data before publication of this story, making it impossible to calculate its turnout.

Bay Area Packs More Wallop than LA

The gubernatorial hopes of conservative Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa hinged on drawing large numbers to the polls in Southern California. However, the former Los Angeles Mayor failed to generate great enthusiasm.

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Los Angeles County, with 5,1 million registered voters, had 1.46 million cast ballots for a 28.3% turnout.
Meanwhile, Newsom’s home base of the nine-county Bay Area had a 41.6% turnout and 1.63 million votes cast.
Looking at it another way: Bay Area voters comprised 23.7% of California total vote. And LA voters comprised 21.2% of the state total.
Thus, Bay Area and LA voters have the power to run the state. But when issues and candidates pit the Bay Area vs. Los Angeles, the Bay’s highly engaged electorate gives it the upper hand.
Political junkies can follow Pyers on Twitter, @rpyers.

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Portrait of GV Wire News Director Bill McEwen
Bill McEwen,
News Director
Bill McEwen is news director and columnist for GV Wire. He joined GV Wire in August 2017 after 37 years at The Fresno Bee. With The Bee, he served as Opinion Editor, City Hall reporter, Metro columnist, sports columnist and sports editor through the years. His work has been frequently honored by the California Newspapers Publishers Association, including authoring first-place editorials in 2015 and 2016. Bill and his wife, Karen, are proud parents of two adult sons, and they have two grandsons. You can contact Bill at 559-492-4031 or at Send an Email

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