{"id":2214942,"date":"2024-04-07T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-uptick-in-gop-voter-registration-reflects-floridas-policies\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T18:02:50","slug":"desantis-says-uptick-in-gop-voter-registration-reflects-floridas-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-uptick-in-gop-voter-registration-reflects-floridas-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis attributes growth in GOP voter registration to Florida&#8217;s policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-says-uptick-in-gop-voter-registration-reflects-floridas-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2214942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida \u200dattributes\u200c the \u2064rise in Republican voter registrations to the state&#8217;s policies. The number of registered Republican voters in Florida exceeds Democrats by almost \u2062900,000, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-widens-war-on-junk-fees-says-us-consumers-tired-of-being-treated-as-suckers\/\" title=\"Biden expands fight against unfair fees, claims Americans fed up with being taken advantage of.\">significant\u2063 shift<\/a> from\u2064 the past.\u2064 DeSantis mentioned that this change\u200b is partly due to existing Florida residents switching to the Republican \u2063Party and \u200cpolitically \u200cunaffiliated individuals \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">joining<\/a> the party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) pointed to the Sunshine State\u2019s policies for the noticeable uptick in voter registrations made in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a> for the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s registered Republican voters currently outpace Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2955878\/gop-registration-advantage-in-florida-close-to-1-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>by nearly 900,000<\/a>, a far cry from when Republicans had almost 300,000 fewer voters in 2018. DeSantis noted how the shift in voters is due, in part, to those who were already living in Florida swapping their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-shreds-the-los-angeles-times-over-hit-piece-attacking-him-for-attending-sons-wedding-with-family\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Shreds The Los Angeles Times Over Hit Piece Attacking Him For Attending Son\u2019s Wedding With Family\">party registration<\/a> to Republican, as well as those who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivy-little-league-professor-dismantles-the-destructive-antiracist-movement\/\" title=\"Ivy Little league Professor Dismantles The Destructive \u2018Antiracist\u2019 Movement\">politically homeless<\/a> now joining the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I do think the migration has skewed amongst people who come to Florida not because they want to change the policies to reflect in Illinois or California or New York, but because they appreciate how Florida\u2019s done it different from where they\u2019re coming to, and so I think that\u2019s contributed to this really record thing,\u201d DeSantis said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em> <em>with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis noted that Florida used to be a swing state in various elections and that the party that would win the state would typically do so with only a 1% voting majority. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-the-corporate-media-is-trying-to-manufacture-a-trump-desantis-feud\/\" title=\"DeSantis: 'The Corporate Media Is Trying to Manufacture' a Trump-DeSantis Feud\">governor argued<\/a> that this is no longer the case under his leadership and that this is a good thing for his party going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voter<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>By March 2022, registration exceeded by more than 100,000. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, registered Republicans are leading Democrats by 889,569 voters, while the latter party has lost 1,000 voters.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis was also asked if he had any plans to run for president again in 2028, as he announced in January that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2808578\/ron-desantis-drops-out-of-2024-gop-presidential-race-days-before-new-hampshire-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he was suspending his 2024 presidential campaign<\/a>. The Florida governor said he did not have any plans for the future, but that he is currently focused on his state ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Ron DeSantis credited Florida&#8217;s policies for the recent surge in Republican voter registrations, surpassing Democrats by nearly 900,000. This significant shift marks a stark contrast from Republicans trailing by 300,000 in 2018. 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