Republicans, for the first time, have a registration advantage in Florida’s Miami-Dade County.
As of May, there are 464,370 registered Republicans in the county compared to 440,790 registered Democrats, which translates to 34% of the county being registered with the Republican Party to 32.3% with the Democratic Party. This comes as Republicans flipped the once Democratic county in the 2024 election, marking the first time Miami-Dade voted for a Republican for president in 36 years.
“A decade ago, Miami-Dade County was a deep blue county with hundreds of thousands more registered Democrats than Republicans,” said Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). “Today, the county, with more than 2.8 million people, has a Republican voter registration advantage. Nobody would have predicted this 10 years ago.”
DeSantis also won Miami-Dade in his 2022 reelection bid. He and President Donald Trump won the county by essentially the same margins, with DeSantis winning by 11.3 points and Trump by 11.4 points.
These figures came after Miami-Dade executed its off-year voter roll maintenance and took 172,747 voters from its active rolls, which led to Republicans gaining more than 38,000 voters, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Voters classified as “others” made up 460,783 voters of the county’s voters, or 33.7%.
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Republicans maintain an overall voter advantage in the state of 1,291,891. The once-swing state has, over time, turned solidly red since the 2016 election.
“From Rubio to DeSantis to Trump, this victory is a testament to the strength of Republican leadership and grassroots power. What was once blue is now a blazing red fortress—and we’re charging toward an even brighter future!” Florida’s Republican Party said in a statement.