Despite Florida Democrats’ hopes to win over voters on abortion, the state’s registered Republican voters now outpace Democrats by nearly 900,000.
“Prior to 2021, FL never had more registered Republicans than Democrats,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said on Twitter. “Now, a million voter R registration advantage is within reach. Hillsborough (Tampa) is about to flip from D to R, which will mean every county in the Tampa Bay market has an R advantage in this previously “swing” region of the state.”
For the first time in history, Republican voter registration in Florida surpassed Democrats in 2021. Nearly 444,500 people moved to the Sunshine State from July 2021 to July 2022, marking it as the largest year-over-year impact of residents moving.
By March 2022, Republicans outpaced Democrats by more than 100,000, with the number doubling by
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