{"id":973831,"date":"2021-11-05T19:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T23:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=973831"},"modified":"2021-11-05T19:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T23:43:59","slug":"republicans-surpass-democrats-in-florida-voter-registration-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-surpass-democrats-in-florida-voter-registration-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Surpass Democrats In Florida Voter Registration For The First Time"},"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\">22<\/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%2Frepublicans-surpass-democrats-in-florida-voter-registration-for-the-first-time%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=973831&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>The number of registered Florida Republicans has exceeded that of the state\u2019s registered Democrats for the first time in history, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/24\/republican-voter-registration-florida-battleground-state\/\">long-coveted milestone<\/a> was reached in October, with the ever-narrowing advantage of registered Democrats over state Republicans disappearing at last. While there were nearly 700,000 more Democrats than Republicans in Florida in 2008, this gap had shrunk to only 24,000 in September 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2021\/11\/05\/republicans-make-florida-history-pass-democrats-in-voter-registrations\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_content=%40PoliticsTBTimes&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Tampa Bay Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday for the first time in the history of Florida we\u2019ve now overtaken Democrats,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/1456622992818118660\">said<\/a> at the National Conference of State Legislatures Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good for us. But honestly \u2026 We would\u2019ve probably won in New Jersey governor\u2019s race, but all the Republicans move to Florida from New Jersey. They get so frustrated,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/03\/brandon-administration-trends-twitter-desantis\/\">DeSantis<\/a> said, to which the audience laughed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.536231884058\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announces that for first time in history, there are more registered Republicans in Florida than Democrats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BVrKRsM8Gp\">pic.twitter.com\/BVrKRsM8Gp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forbes (@Forbes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/1456622992818118660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The governor also said that although Florida\u2019s low tax rates were the traditionally attractive feature for those willing to relocate to the state, many were now \u201cfleeing the restrictions, the lawlessness and the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that you\u2019re seeing people move to states that value freedom,\u201d DeSantis added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/democratic-governors-association-limited-funding-florida-no-challenge-ron-desantis\/\">(RELATED: Democratic Governors Association Abandons Florida Ambitions, Reportedly Won\u2019t Support Candidates To Unseat DeSantis)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florida GOP\u2019s Executive Director Helen Aguirre Ferr\u00e9 commented on the news Friday, asserting that not only did the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/17\/florida-governor-ron-desantis-education-rejects-critical-race-theory\/\">governor\u2019s politics<\/a> pull people to the party, but also Democrats\u2019 peddling of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/29\/marsha-blackburn-biden-spending-bill\/\">socialist ideas<\/a> pushed many, especially Hispanic and Latino voters, towards the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level of enthusiasm in support of registering Republicans is unprecedented, and this is a true milestone moment in Florida\u2019s history,\u201d Ferr\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of registered Florida Republicans has exceeded that of the state\u2019s registered Democrats for the first time in history, Republican Florida Gov. 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