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What percentage of registered voters voted in last local election in San Diego CA
Executive summary
Available sources identify the November 4, 2025 San Diego County special election as the most recent local contest in the search results, note that over 2 million ballots were mailed to registered voters in the county, and show county precinct reporting and statewide turnout pages — but none of the provided links give a single clear percentage of "registered voter turnout" for that local election (available sources do not mention a final turnout percentage) [1] [2] [3].
1. What the official pages in the search results actually show
The California Secretary of State’s election results site hosts maps and voter-turnout tools for the November 4, 2025 statewide special election that can display county-specific turnout data, and the San Diego county pages show precinct reporting counts and timing for certification, but the specific percentage of registered voters who voted in the “last local election” is not printed in the snippets provided here [3] [2] [4]. The San Diego County Registrar of Voters site is linked as the local authority for ballots, sample ballots, past turnout and explanations of ballot processing; those pages are the logical place to find a definitive local turnout percentage, but the excerpts in the results do not include the turnout figure itself [5] [6] [7].
2. Ballots mailed — a key context number you can verify locally
San Diego County communications announced that “over 2 million” ballots were mailed to the county’s registered voters for the Nov. 4, 2025 special election; that establishes the denominator scale (registered voters receiving ballots), but by itself it does not tell us how many of those registered voters actually returned valid ballots or what percent that represents [1].
3. Why a clear turnout percentage may not appear immediately
Both county and state pages emphasize that ballots continue to be processed after Election Day, that precinct reporting can be partial, and that official results are certified on later dates (San Diego’s canvass/cure windows and the Secretary of State’s December certification deadline). Those processes mean a final, certified turnout percentage can change after initial reports, which explains why snippets and live pages may not show a single final percentage at the time of early reporting [2] [4] [7].
4. Where you can get the precise turnout percentage (next steps)
To get the exact percentage of registered voters who voted in the “last local election” for San Diego County using only the sources cited here, consult: (a) the San Diego Registrar of Voters page for past voter turnout or the official election-night/unofficial results bulletins on sdvote.com, which host past-election turnout summaries and "Past Voter Turnout" pages [6] [5]; and (b) the California Secretary of State’s voter turnout map or county breakdown tool on the statewide results site, which can display county-specific turnout percentages once you select San Diego County and the election date [3] [8].
5. Alternative sources and caveats
Local news outlets like KPBS and the County News Center provide explanatory coverage and turnout context — KPBS aggregates local results from the Registrar of Voters and may publish turnout figures alongside reporting on Proposition 50 and local contests, while the County News Center confirms the “over 2 million” ballots mailed [9] [1]. Independent aggregators (livevoterturnout.com) are also listed in the results and often display turnout percentages in near real time, but the search snippets here don’t display the numeric turnout, so you should cross-check any percentage against the Registrar’s official past-election reports [10] [11].
6. Recommendations for a definitive answer
Open the San Diego Registrar of Voters “Past Voter Turnout” or official results bulletin for the specific election date, or use the Secretary of State’s voter-turnout map and select San Diego County and the Nov. 4, 2025 special election. If you prefer, I can follow those links and extract the exact turnout percentage for you from the pages (the current provided snippets do not contain the final percentage) [6] [3] [2].
Limitations: the provided search results confirm the relevant pages and key figures (over 2 million ballots mailed and precinct/reporting context) but do not include a quoted turnout percentage, so any precise percent must be read directly from the county or state result pages cited above (available sources do not mention the final turnout percentage).