Voter Registration and Turnout Statistics for Santa Cruz County RED = Presidential Primary BLUE = Presidential General GREEN = Gubernatorial Primary YELLOW = Gubernatorial General ORANGE = Special Statewide WHITE = Local Election
Election Date	Registration	Turnout	Percent	Absentees Issued	Absentees Counted[1]
June 1976	84,034	61,890	73.6	NA	3,185
Nov 1976	96,035	75,970	79.1	NA	4,004
June 1978	103,701	68,231	65.7	NA	3,670
Nov 1978	97,232	68,494	70.4	NA	3,778
Nov 1979[2]	97,780	40,486	41.4	NA	2,222
June 1980	102,045	74,016	72.5	NA	3,997
Nov 1980	112,457	87,269	77.6	NA	6,013
Nov 1981	105,590	27,825	26.3	NA	NA
June 1982	105,337	64,437	61.2	4,828	3,793
Nov 1982	111,494	78,946	70.8	6,810	5,962
Nov 1983	104,796	33,303	31.7	6,363	3,908
June 1984	110,719	61,245	51.3	5,548	4,600
Nov 1984	124,836	97,155	77.8	11,502	10,402
Nov 1985	118,854	33,866	28.5	4,665	3,283
June 1986	114,171	54,939	48.1	6,646	5,403
Nov 1986	117,615	75,063	63.8	9,093	7,698
Oct 1987[3]	8,849	3,695	41.7	8,849	3,695
Nov 1987	113,846	25,743	25.5	4,797	3,310
June 1988	118,741	74,940	63.1	9,376	7,809
Nov 1988	132,816	106,088	79.9	23,326	18,064

Election Date	Registration	Turnout	Percent	Absentees Issued	Absentees Counted[4]
Nov 1989[5]	1,758	165	9.3	43	27
Nov 1989[6]	390	166	42.5	15	13
June 1990	122,505	57,756	47.2	10,736	8,627
Nov 1990	129,150	82,392	63.8	21,382	17,628
June 1992	133,334	69,646	52.2	14,178	12,013
Nov 1992	148,281	116,527	78.6	29,640	26,586
April 1993[7]	103,451	31,976	30.9	17,536	11,771
June 1993[8]	103,271	33,886	32.8	19,703	14,619
Aug 1993[9]	121,110	33,619	27.8	20,796	15,733
Nov 1993[10]	140,007	66,056	47.2	30,997	24,470
June 1994	132,139	58,040	44.0	17,505	15,422
Nov 1994	140,960	93,644	66.4	36,146	30,680
Nov 1995[11]	2,415	729	30.2	340	238
Dec 1995[12]	33,089