Florida Voter Rolls Grow

August 15, 2016

More than 12.37 million Floridians are registered to vote in the Aug. 30 primary elections, up more than 300,000 from the presidential primaries in March, according to numbers released Friday by the state Division of Elections.

Democrats make up 4,690,721 of the registered voters, while 4,431,400 are Republicans and 2,913,948 have no party affiliation. Other voters are scatted among smaller parties.

Residents had to register by Aug. 1 to participate in the Aug. 30 primaries.

The number of unaffiliated voters has grown from 2,572,901 for the 2012 general election and 2,778,547 for the 2014 gubernatorial election year. Since the March presidential primaries, Republicans have added 155,296 registered voters, Democrats have added 120,933 and the no-party numbers have increased by 35,480. The overall number of registered voters is up from 11,931,533 million in 2014.

The totals also show a narrowing between registered Republicans and Democrats. Two years ago, for the gubernatorial contest, the state recorded 4,172,232 Republicans and 4,628,178 Democrats.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News