Jefferson County flips red, Florida GOP celebrates
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – Jefferson County’s voter registration makeup has shifted in the favor of Florida Republicans, new data shows.
The political shift comes as Florida Democrats have kicked off their “Take Back Florida” tour.
After Jefferson County’s flip, 55 of Florida’s 67 counties’ voter registrations are now lead by Republicans.
“It’s another great day to be a Republican in the free State of Florida,” Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler told Florida’s Voice.
“Yesterday, 13 of Florida’s 67 counties had more Democrats than Republicans,” he continued. “Today, with Jefferson County flipping to Republican, Democrats now have just 12 counties as Republicans hold 55 counties. Big win for freedom.”
“Kudos to the Floridians who have recognized and rejected just how radical and insane the Democrat Party has become, and great work by the Republican Party of Jefferson County Chairman Glen Bishop and his incredible team of volunteers for grinding it out on the ground for this win,” Ziegler said.
“Now…onto the next county – Madison County!”
According to Madison County’s data, Republicans trail Democrats by around 600 registered voters.
Earlier this year in April, Liberty County also flipped in favor of Republicans.
“Another county has flipped from Blue to Red thanks to Florida’s strong Conservative Pro-Freedom leadership and our voter registration efforts across the state,” the Florida GOP said at the time.
The state Democrats’ tour will visit counties across Florida this month to organize voter registration drives “to take back our state.”
The flip comes as the state’s Republicans have drastically expanded their lead over Democrats.
The state GOP reached a greater than 541,000 registration lead as of Florida’s July data.
Since November 2022, just as Gov. Ron DeSantis was reelected by more than 19 points, Democrats have lost around a quarter million voters. Republicans have lost tens of thousands.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 campaign recently celebrated Republicans’ registration edge, saying Florida went from “swing” to “red” thanks to DeSantis.
“As the Republican presidential nominee, he will build the same successful coalition and win the White House, no excuses,” press secretary Bryan Griffin said.
