San Joaquin Valleyfornia tells us GOP is still on top in the region, but Dems making voter registration advances

Mike Lukens over at San Joaquin Valleyfornia has taken a look at the latest voter registration numbers and concludes that the Valley is still red, but not as much as you might think. Click here to see Lukens' analysis that finds that three counties in the north part of the Valley -- Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus -- now have more registered Democrats than Republicans.

"Additionally, four counties saw a decline in the number of registered Republican voters since February 2007, compared to only one county seeing a decline in registered Democratic voters," accordng to Lukens' post. "Still, the Republican advantage remains rock solid in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera and Tulare counties."

If you look at the eight-county region as a voting bloc, Republicans continue to outnumber Democrats in total registration. There are 612,997 registered Republicans to 563,823 Democrats, according to San Joaquin Valleyfornia. That means the GOP has 43% of the voters compared with 39.5% for Democrats in the eight-county region.