2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you believe this? 20K Mass. and 42K Florida Democratic change reg. to Republican? [View all]onenote
(42,700 posts)Yes, from Aug 2015 to January 2016, the number of register Democrats declined (by 42K) and the number of registered repubs increased by around 37,000. Roughly 1 percent changes.
But a couple of other facts. In January 2016, the number of new Democratic registrations was 14,000. The number of new repub registrations was half that (around 7000). Also, the trend line of growing repub registration and declining Democratic registration in Florida is not something that just started with Trump. In 1995, Democrats made up 49 percent of registered Florida voters compared to 42 percent repubs. By December 2010, Democrats made up only 41 percent of registered Florida voters and repubs made up 36 percent. By December 2013, the split was 39 percent for Democrats and 35 percent for repubs. Today, its 38/35.