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Miami-Dade, FL - Republicans have taken the lead in voter registration in Miami-Dade County, historically considered a Democratic stronghold, marking a major shift in Florida’s political landscape.
New figures from Decision Desk HQ reveal Republicans now account for 464,370 registered voters in the county, making up 34% of the electorate.
Democrats, by contrast, now total 440,790 voters, just over 32%.
Voters registered with no party or as independents, labeled “others," comprise 460,783, or 33.73%.
The change comes on the heels of Miami-Dade’s off-year voter roll cleanup, which removed more than 172,000 inactive voters.
That update resulted in a net gain of over 38,000 Republican voters, helping tip the county’s registration balance for the first time.
Miami-Dade has long leaned Democratic, but recent elections have revealed a gradual GOP surge.
In 2024, Donald Trump won the county in the presidential election, the first Republican to do so in 36 years, signaling a broader conservative momentum throughout Florida.
State Republicans hailed the registration flip as a landmark achievement.
“What was once blue is now a blazing red fortress,” the Republican Party of Florida said in a statement celebrating the shift.
Governor Ron DeSantis echoed the sentiment, noting the remarkable change over the past decade.
“Nobody would have predicted this ten years ago,” he posted on X.
Florida now boasts a Republican voter registration lead of nearly 1.3 million statewide, further solidifying its red-state status heading into the 2026 election cycle.