California’s primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 2, yet, over 24 hours later, the state still has not finished counting votes in any of its elections. Moreover, according to the most recent available updates, none of the state’s federal primaries has exceeded 60% of the votes counted. The lethargic pace of vote counting has been widely panned by numerous people on multiple social media platforms. A recurring critic of California’s vote-counting pace is Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who called the vote-counting efforts “pathetic,” among other things, in multiple social media posts. He contrasted California’s prolonged vote-counting process with the speed and efficiency in his state of Florida. “Florida processes more than 10 million votes in a matter of hours,” DeSantis said in a post on X. “California takes days — or sometimes even weeks — to count the votes.”
Florida processes more than 10 million votes in a matter of hours.California takes days — or sometimes even weeks — to count the votes. It’s pathetic — and it’s corrosive to our civic culture. https://t.co/21hoOFeY4B— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) June 4, 2026
“It’s pathetic — and it’s corrosive to our civic culture,” said DeSantis.
