Republicans continue to dominate in the state of Florida, adding another 11,150 registrations in February to Democrats' 229, according to a post shared on social media by Michael Pruser of Decision Desk HQ.
"Other" jumped 8,373.
According to the post, total Republican registrations stood at 5,528,696, while Democrats stood at 4,034,920, a difference of nearly 1.5 million. "Other" was at 3,791,089.
"Almost to a 1.5 Million," Florida GOP Chairman Evan Power wrote on social media in response to the numbers.
But this is nothing new. Republicans have maintained a lead over Democrats since 2021, and the margin has only expanded ever since.
Arguably, what is concerning for Democrats is that they haven't closed the gap.
In 2020, the last time Democrats had a lead over the GOP, registrations were at 5,315,954 to the GOP's 5,218,739.
What has that looked like since? Take a look:
- 2021: 5,080,697
- 2022: 4,928,168
- 2023: 4,362,147
- 2024: 4,479,820
- 2025: 4,044,390
- 2026: 4,044,077 (as of the Florida Division of Elections numbers as of Jan. 31)
And Republicans in that time?
- 2021: 5,123,799
- 2022: 5,312,122
- 2023: 5,141,848
- 2024: 5,635,902
- 2025: 5,509,354
- 2026: 5,523,700 (as of the Florida Division of Elections numbers as of Jan. 31)
Notably, Independents have dropped from 3,799,799 in 2020 to 3,331,321 in 2026 per the latest available data. However, Minor parties have jumped from 231,246 to 464,457 during that period.
But none of those say Democrats, and Republican dominance has only played out in past elections in that period.
In 2020, President Donald Trump carried Florida by just over three points against Joe Biden. That margin jumped to over 13 points against Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, when Trump returned to the White House.
Trump's victory included a win in Miami-Dade County, a place a Republican hadn't won in a presidential election since George H.W. Bush in 1988.
Much of the same has occurred with Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In 2022, Gov. DeSantis defeated Democratic challenger Charlie Crist by nearly 20 points in the gubernatorial election. This was after DeSantis squeezed out a half percent victory over Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum in 2018.
In 2024, Sen. Rick Scott defeated Democratic challenger Debbie Mucarsel-
Moreover, Former Sen. Marco Rubio dominated Democratic challenger Val Demings by 16 points in 2022. Unlike some of his Republican colleagues, Rubio's victory over Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy by 7.5 points in his previous election was a bit more defining, so maybe the now Secretary of State can argue he's the most popular of them all.
Whatever way you dice it, Democrats have not stopped the registration bleeding.
And with the 2026 gubernatorial race coming up in November, as well as the Senate special election and other midterm races across Florida, that might not be changing anytime soon.
In fact, the margin could arguably get worse.
