In over 75% of California cities, the share of voters registered as Democrats rose from 2020 to 2022. But cities where the vast majority of residents identify as Hispanic saw the opposite trend.
Hispanic voters are a key constituency for Democrats in California, where 58% were registered to the Democratic party in 2020 according to the Public Policy Institute of California, and only 16% are registered as Republicans. Analysts trace this back to anti-immigration policies Republican officials championed in the ’90s.