Once a swing state, Florida’s voter registration landscape continues its dramatic lurch to the right, and REpublicans have achieved a record 1.38 million lead over Democrats as of October 2, 2025, according to Florida’s Voice.
Apparently, the GOP has 5.5 million registered voters while Democrats have a scant 4.2 million. In September, Republican numbers remained constant while Democrats shed 30,000 voters, which, according to Eric Daugherty, represents an alarming “plunge” for the Democrats.
According to projections, Republicans are expected to surpass 1.4 million voters in preparation for the 2026 races, which will feature a Florida gubernatorial contest with Ron DeSantis’ term expiring. Similarly, a senatorial race to secure a replacement for the current Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, will have a significant impact.
On the local level, Miami-Dade became a red-leaning district, bucking years of tradition. Similarly, Palm Beach’s Democratic lead is under 2 points, and Jacksoncille is only Blue by +0.8%. Other districts, such as Hillsborough at R+2.3 and Pinellas at R+8, are located in Tampa Bay, which has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold. This bolsters Florida’s status as a GOP state.
Contextualizing the information, Eric Daugherty explained, “It’s typical for parties to lose voters after a major election, especially due to counties and the state cleaning up the rolls. But Democrats are plunging, losing thousands per month.”
Given the strong Republican control of the state, it is no surprise that Gov. Ron DeSantis has been leading the fight to secure Trump’s immigration police. As we reported, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrated an 11th Circuit Court stay overturning U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ order to dismantle the “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant facility over supposed environmental violations.
Taking a victory lap, DeSantis taunted the media. “The Mission Continues on immigration enforcement. The media was giddy that somehow alligator Alcatraz was, ‘shutting down,’ and we told them that that wasn’t true,” the well-loved governor said.
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Building on this point, he explained, “There have been illegal aliens continuing to be there and being removed and returned to their home country. But they ran with the narrative because some leftist judge ruled implausibly that somehow, Florida wasn’t allowed to use our own property to help the federal government in this important mission because they didn’t do an environmental impact statement.”
Explaining the scandal, DeSantis made it clear that he fully supports the President. “Well, we said we would fight that. We said the mission would continue. And I’m pleased to say that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has just stayed that ruling and stayed the case. So alligator Alcatraz is, in fact, like we’ve always said, open for business. The Mission Continues, and we’re going to continue leading the way when it comes to immigration enforcement,” he triumphantly proclaimed.
Concluding his comments, he described the facility itself: “Sure, this is not the Ritz Carlton, okay, we’re not doing this just to let people have food and shelter, although they do get that. But that’s not in all the minimum standards are upheld. But the reality is it’s there to be a quick processing center so that they can. We have a runway right there, they can just be flown back to their home country. So that is the purpose of why we’re doing it.”