How party affiliation has changed in Florida since the 2018 elections

For years Republicans have been making gains in voter registration numbers in Florida as compared against Democrats. But it wasn’t until November 2021 that active registered Republicans outnumbered Democrats for the first time. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans have celebrated the milestone ever since…

The counties that have seen the sharpest Republican gains tend to have smaller populations and are mostly concentrated in the Florida Panhandle: Lafayette, Liberty and Taylor.

Democrats have lost a lot of ground since 2018. They saw decreases in their percentages in all but two Florida counties — Seminole and Alachua, where their gains were less than one percentage point.

In all, Republicans outnumber Democrats in 51 of 67 Florida counties even though the overall statewide margin remains small.