{"id":6876947,"date":"2026-05-30T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/?p=6876947&preview=true&preview_id=6876947"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:47:55","slug":"what-low-voter-turnout-in-california-means-or-not-for-june-2-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/05\/30\/what-low-voter-turnout-in-california-means-or-not-for-june-2-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2026: What low voter turnout in California means, or not, for June 2 primary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primary elections, particularly during non-presidential years, don\u2019t generally drive oodles of folks to vote.<\/p>\n

This year is no exception. And even with a competitive race for governor<\/a>, California is seeing lower turnout than would generally be expected heading into the week of June 2 Election Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s in part because of the Republicans\u2019 tendency to vote in person, on Election Day, particularly in the Trump era of GOP politics. Other voters may also be holding onto their ballots, deciding to put them in a drop box or cast them at a vote center because of uncertainty about when the U.S. Postal Service would postmark them.<\/a><\/p>\n\n