California

Not registered to vote? You’re in luck! This is one of the states that allows you to register AND vote on Election Day at your nearest town or city clerk’s office. Bring ID and wear a mask, and don’t forget to VOTE!

Presidential Primary – March 5th, 2024

(PARTIALLY) CLOSED PRIMARY – You must normally be registered as a Democrat in order to vote in the Democratic primary. However, Independents may also cast a vote on the Democratic ballot.

If you want your vote to count as a vote to survive, vote for Marianne Williamson on March 5th! Marianne has suspended her campaign, but she is still on the ballot! She stands for a ceasefire in Gaza, negotiations in Ukraine, an end to warmongering with China, the abolition of nuclear weapons and a full-scale mobilization to address the climate emergency.

This is a primary election solely for the purpose of choosing the Democratic nominee for President. Your vote does not in any way support or enable Trump to get back in! But neither should it be merely a coronation for Joe Biden. He needs to earn our vote. And he needs to get a clear message from the citizens of this country who do not accept the status quo and want to see the changes that Marianne Williamson stands for. Vote to survive!

Presidential Election – Nov 5th, 2024

This is a deep BLUE STATE that Biden won in 2020 and Clinton won in 2016. Trump has no chance of winning this state in 2024.

Latest Opinion Polling Results in California:

TrumpBidenother/DK% gapdate
32%54%14%22%1-Feb
Source: 270toWin polling averages by state: https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-polls/

Election Results in 2020:

TrumpBidenWon by% gap
6,006,51811,110,6395,104,12129.2%
Source: Federal Election Commission https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2020.pdf

Election Results in 2016:

TrumpClintonWon by:% gap
4,483,8108,753,7884,269,97832.3%
Source: US Census Bureau, Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2016
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-580.html

In California, it is safe to vote for a third-party candidate in the general election, without fear that this will help get Trump back into the White House. He will not win this state no matter how you vote.

If you want your vote to count as a vote to survive, vote for Jill Stein on November 5th! Jill stands for a ceasefire in Gaza, negotiations in Ukraine, an end to warmongering with China, the abolition of nuclear weapons and a full-scale mobilization to address the climate emergency.

Vote Swapping

Are you willing help ensure that Trump does not get back into the White House by voting for a third-party candidate in exchange for someone in a purple state voting for Biden (instead of their preferred third-party candidate)? If you’d like to know more, click here.

Register to vote:

stateRegistration_by_MailRegistration_OnlineRegistration_in_Person
CaliforniaOct. 19Oct. 19Nov. 3

Vote by mail:

stateDeadline_to_ApplyDeadline_to_MailDeadline_to_be_Received
CaliforniaAll mailNovember 3

Vote in person:

StatePolls_open_amPolls_close_pmFind your polling place
California78http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place/
Note: Times may vary, always check locally. Source: https://ballotpedia.org/State_Poll_Opening_and_Closing_Times_(2020)

AND, your most powerful contribution to this election may not be your own vote, but the vote of a friend, relative, colleague, former neighbor, or somebody else you know who does live in a “battleground” state. You may be the one person who can convince that person to vote, and to vote for our survival, at this election.

Click here for more ideas and help in convincing a friend or relative to vote.

Senate Race 2020

There are no Senate seats up for election in California this year. Next up will be Kamala Harris’ seat in 2022. If she becomes Vice President in the meantime, the Governor of California will appoint an interim Senator to serve in that seat for the remainder of the term.

House Races

The best we can hope for in 2020 at the Presidential and Senate levels is to get rid of Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell so that we will at least survive the next four years. But in the medium term, we need to elect politicians who support the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, the Nuclear Ban Treaty and other real, sustainable solutions to the global threats facing us all.

Luckily, we already have over 100 such politicians in the House of Representatives. We need to make sure they get re-elected, and we need to elect more of them!

If you live in US Congressional District 53, you have an opportunity at this election to vote for a new progressive candidate for the House of Representatives, Georgette Gomez!

California District 53 – Georgette Gomez for US Congress

Georgette is an advocate for universal healthcare, a Green New Deal, gun safety laws, affordable housing, economic equity, criminal justice reform and defending immigrants and refugees.




And if you live in one of these other US Congressional Districts, you have an incumbent Democrat who is already a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to support for re-election!

District 2 – Huffman

District 11 – DeSaulnier

District 13 – Barbara Lee

District 17 – Ro Khanna

District 19 – Lofgren

District 20 – Panetta

District 27 – Chu

District 30 – Sherman

District 32 – Napolitano

District 33 – Lieu

District 34 – Gomez

District 37 – Bass

District 38 – Sanchez

District 39 – Cisneros

District 40 – Roybal-Allard

District 41 – Takano

District 43 – Waters

District 44 – Barragan

District 45 – Katie Porter

District 47 – Lowenthal

District 51 – Vargas