Of the 1+ Million Net People Who Moved to Florida, Only 17k Registered as Dems

Christian Ziegler, the vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida, who is running for the chairmanship, told Breitbart News Saturday The Sunshine State has had many successes in the last four years. It is important to note that Republicans are in a strong politcal position, especially when it comes voter registration.

Florida will elect its chairman of the state in A Ziegler stated that Ziegler’s challenger is Leon County’s chairman and lobbyist. Ziegler also stressed the importance of the chairmanship, especially considering how important Florida is politically and its impact over the past few decades. 

Ziegler explained to me that the Florida chairman is responsible for spending decisions and ensures the organization’s success. Ziegler explained that the organization’s main focus is to ensure it raises money and provides resources in counties to help drive voter registration and get-out–the-vote efforts. They also assist GOP candidates in presidential and Senate elections, as well as local elections. 

Ziegler pointed out that there are many “rockstars” in office from or living in Florida, including former President Donald Trump — a resident of Florida — as well as Gov. Ron DeSantis, R. and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-FL.

“But you go really across our roster, we have a lot of rockstars, and my job as chairman would be to really make sure we’re all on the same page. We’re all moving forward together, we’re unified, and we’re ready to crush the Democrats in the November elections,” Ziegler stated that they will be focusing on training and raising money for counties in order to get out the vote. “heck of a lot of ads on Democrats as we get closer to the election.”

Ziegler attributed Florida Republicans’ great victories of late, in part, to the fact that it is “battle-tested.” He also said one cannot ignore DeSantis’s leadership, which has mobilized people. Ziegler stated that the Florida GOP is the best political apparatus. “all in with voter registration in the off year, you know, leading into the election.”

“We’re trying to run up that score in voter registration,” He said that Florida had 250,000 more Republicans than Democrats when DeSantis took office in 2018. 

Florida now has more Republicans than Democrats.

“So we’ve had this massive swing,” He stated.

Ziegler also provided another amazing data point: Ziegler noted that 1 million people have moved to the state since DeSantis took office and have registered to vote. 

“Out of a million, about half a million have registered as Republican, and only 17,000 have registered as Democrats. So we’re just obliterating the Democrats,” He stated. 

“I did not believe it. I had to go back and redo the numbers because I just couldn’t believe it, but it ends up being true,” He added.

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Ziegler indicated that the Florida GOP will continue to expand and be more focused on local races including city commissions and school boards.

“We’re gonna go aggressive in the local area to really remove these people that have overplayed their hand — and we saw that during COVID — and really deliver victories at the most local level, and that’s where we can frankly have the greatest impact. So it’s going to be a lot of fun,” He said that DeSantis was a great person to get involved in local races in 2022 and brought attention to the woke agenda of school boards.

Ziegler also attributed some of Florida’s success to DeSantis daring to get involved in cultural issues. 

“He understands there’s a cultural war going on. He knows what the left’s trying to do by taking over our schools and really influencing the most easily influenced demographic, which are children. … They’re shoving, you know, the CRT, 1619 stuff, the sexual stuff that they’re putting in schools with the content, but then, also like, now we got this. … There’s gender therapy and ideology that they’re pushing on children. And the governor recognizes that,” He stated. 

“He [DeSantis] goes all in, whereas other leaders and other states are too scared or nervous to touch those issues because they’re not traditional political issues. But he went all in on the cultural issues, and because of that, I can’t tell you how many people walked into the polls, and as they were walking in, they’re like, ‘Hey, I’m here to vote for DeSantis because I want to get this stuff out of our schools. I gotta protect my kids.’ And these are people that are typically never involved politically,” Ziegler said that the party is a professional organisation that helps with voter registration and empowers leaders to make an impact at the local level.  And it goes “aggressive” in get-out-the-vote operations. 

Ziegler claimed that he only wants one-day. In-person voting was not an option, he stated, and the GOP should play the game. 

“We do have to go after these vote-by-mail ballots in early voting because otherwise, the Democrats are just going to run up the score on us. So we recognize all that. We aggressively go after it, and we’re going to continue to do that. But that’s what the states need — is leadership, and then, they need a legitimate operation at the state level to be able to execute,” He added that he offered advice to Republican Parties across the country.