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According to a report released recently by the Field Research Corporation, California\u2019s Republican electorate is overwhelmingly white while the state has become increasingly diverse. The report, based on the nine most recent California Field Polls conducted by the research firm, compares statistical data from 1978 to today. It found that California has become a much more diverse state since then, with nearly twice as many Latinos living here today than in \u201978. Additionally the report groups Asians together with Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and multiracial individuals, and shows that they too have nearly doubled in population. Today California’s population is only 43% white, while the state’s registered Republicans are 79% white, compared with 55% of Democrats and 59% of independents. Nationally, according to a Gallup poll released in June, 89% of Republicans are white. The Field report is being interpreted a bad news for the California Republican party, already sliding heavily in polls across the nation. Some GOP strategists say their party will face greater political challenges unless it gains Latino support in particular. <\/p>\n