About 3.4 million ballots have been returned so far in California’s special election to either approve or reject Proposition 50, according t
Prop 50 turnout | 15% of voters have returned ballots for special California election
Earlier this month, the firm said the voter turnout rate at the time was “close to recall election numbers,” in a reference to the 2021 vote over whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.
According to the early mail-in vote, 17% of Democrats and 17% of Republicans have turned in their ballots. That equates to more than 1.7 million votes out of 10.3 million total ballots mailed for Democrats. For Republicans, that equates to more than 960,000 votes out of 5.8 million total ballots mailed.
The turnout for voters classified as independent or other is 10%, equating to more than 720,000 ballots returned out of 6.8 million mailed.
Political Data also reports that 49% of the votes came from people ages 65 or older. White voters also represent 69% of the vote so far.
