[Editor’s note: This was published on the final day for voter registration prior to the 2022 Midterm Election. For that reason, totals were listed as approximate in some cases. The margins are large enough that neither party will overtake the other within a few hours of registration closing.]
While Republicans maintain an overall registration edge across Florida, there are several counties in the Sunshine State that are considered “dark blue” Democratic Party strongholds.
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Leading the way for the highest total of Democratic Party voters registered is Broward County, with 597,184 registered Democrats. Home to Fort Lauderdale and the highest number of yacht owners per capita, Broward also touts the largest lead over Republicans of all counties, with 331,925 more Democrats than the Republican total of 265,259 registered voters.
Southeastern Florida is known as the Democrat’s dominant region in the state, and for good reason. Broward County’s neighbor to the south, Miami-Dade, touts the second-highest total of registered Democratic voters in the state, with more than 576,000, a lead of approximately 150,000 more than the Republican Party.
To the north of Broward County sits Palm Beach County, which has the third-highest total number of registered Democratic voters, with more than 398,000 registered voters. Unlike its neighboring county’s, Palm Beach doesn’t tout one of the top 3 largest Democratic leads over Republicans. In Orange County, home of Orlando, Republicans are not only outnumbered by Democrats, but they’re also outnumbered by independent voters. Orange County has the fifth-highest total number of Democratic voters registered with approximately 361,000 reported, compared to approximately 217,000 Republicans, and approximately 275,000 independents.
Hillsborough County, home of Tampa, has the fourth-highest total number of Democrats, with approximately 342,000 registered voters, but Republicans aren’t far behind, by proportion, with approximately 290,000.
The only remaining blue counties are in Duval County, home of Jacksonville, and the two largest “college town” counties, Alachua (University of Florida, located in Gainesville), and Leon County, (Florida State University in Tallahassee.)
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