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Democrats outnumber Republicans in longtime GOP stronghold Orange County

By Caitlin Yilek
Published August 7, 2019 1:15pm ET
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Democrats outnumber Republicans in longtime GOP stronghold Orange County
In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, photo a supporter holds up a sign for Gil Cisneros, a candidate who is running for a U.S. House seat in the 39th District in California, at a rally on the Cal State Fullerton campus in Fullerton, Calif. For decades, Orange County, California, was known as a Republican stronghold but times have changed. | (Chris Carlson/AP)

Democrats outnumber Republicans in Orange County, California for the first time in decades.

The region, a longtime Republican bastion, now has more Democrats than Republicans, according to data released Wednesday by the county registrar. There are now 547,458 Democrats compared to 547,369 Republicans who are registered to vote in Orange County.

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