Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.
Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.
Florida has closed primaries, and the winner is chosen by plurality. Only registered democrats can vote for democrats, and only registered republicans can vote for republicans.
The two groups this article pits against each other weren’t running in the same elections. This shows changes within the groups of registered democrats, and registered republicans, but it says basically nothing about the electorate as a whole.
Current numbers for party registration in Florida is 5.6m registered republicans, 4.0m registered democrats, 3.3m registered with no party affiliation, and 0.5m registered with minor parties. Not a change on that front really.