Florida’s Voter Registration by Party – December 31st, 2024
Bottom Line: Florida’s Republican Party has had a record year of performance. That proved true at the polls as more Republicans have been elected top to bottom within the state than in any other election cycle in the state’s history- highlighted by Donald Trump’s dominating 13-point victory. In fact, Republicans have only added to their record majority since November’s elections as two Democrats in the state House, Tampa’s Susan Valdes and Dania Beach’s Hillary Cassel, have flipped to the Republican Party after having won election as Democrats. The Republican advantage has also played out every month this year in Florida’s voter registration information as well. As we’re set to turn the page on 2024 today, we have the latest voter registration information reflecting Florida’s voter rolls statewide entering December.
It’s safe to say that Florida’s voter registration trends haven’t been the friend of Democrats in recent years. For the better part of twenty years Republicans steadily ate away at the voter registration advantage Florida’s Democrats had held since the onset of partisan voter record keeping in the 1970’s. By November of 2021, amid massive pandemic induced relocations, Republican voter registrations outnumbered Democrats for the first time. And every month since, the GOP advantage by way of voter registration has grown. Last year Florida’s Democrats saw an active voter registration decline of greater than 566,000 voters. In 2024 the trend of a growing Republican advantage in the state has remained the same.
The most recent update from Florida’s Division of Elections reflects voter registration information statewide.
These are the 2024 voter registration changes entering December:
- DEM: +134,972 (+17,113 in November)
- GOP: +491,852 (+41,549 in November)
- NPA/Other: +301,239 (+41,758 in November)
The current breakout of registered voters looks like this...
- DEM: 31.5%
- GOP: 39.5%
- NPA/Other: 29%
The Republican advantage over Democrats now stands at a record 1,136,581 million voters. That total includes a net change of 24,436 voters in November. Of Florida’s 67 counties – only 10 currently have Democrat majorities by way of voter registration. A county worth watching is one of the largest in the state, Hillsborough, which includes Tampa. Should the current pace of changes in voter registration keep up, it could be the next to flip in coming months as the Democrat advantage in the county is under 3,000 voters.