The Republican Party already has a larger number of registered voters in Liberty County (Florida) than the Democratic Party. Specifically, it has two more voters than its political rival. A victory achieved thanks to a "pro-freedom conservative leadership", as defined by the GOP.
According to the Liberty County website, the Republican Party has 1,969 registered voters, to the Democratic Party's 1,967. In addition, there are 476 registered in the "other" category. Via its Twitter account, the GOP celebrated getting ahead, "Another county has gone from blue to red thanks to strong pro-freedom conservative leadership in Florida and our statewide voter registration efforts.We're just getting started!"
Another county has flipped from Blue to Red thanks to Florida's strong Conservative Pro-Freedom leadership and our voter registration efforts across the state.
We're just getting started! 🐘 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/8LUbSSDKlE
— Florida GOP (@FloridaGOP) April 25, 2023
Christian Ziegler, who is chairman of the Republican Party of Florida as of February 18, 2023, joined his party's celebration:
Another county has turned from blue to red thanks to the conservative pro-freedom leadership of our Governor and State Legislature, in addition to the hard work of our local county parties and the statewide registration efforts of the Republican Party of Florida. And while we have seen an incredible net increase of over 600,000 registered voters for the Republican Party in Florida, the work continues, as our job is not done until there are no Democrats left in our state.
Inbox: Statement from party Chair @ChrisMZiegler on @FloridaGOP Overtaking Democrats in Liberty County pic.twitter.com/SZrJtEhFfG
— Jim Rosica (@JimRosicaFL) April 25, 2023
GOP swept midterms in Liberty County
Ron DeSantis defeated the Democratic Party in 62 of Florida's 67 counties in the November 2022 midterm elections. Specifically, in Liberty County all GOP candidates garnered more than 80% of the vote:
- Marco Rubio (U.S. Senate): 83.17%.
- Neal Dunn (U.S. House of Representatives): 81.26%.
- Ron DeSantis (Governor): 85.36%.
- Ashley Moody (Attorney General): 86.01%.
- Jimmy Patronis (Chief Financial Officer): 85.62%.
- Wilton Simpson (Commissioner of Agriculture): 84.06%.
- Corey Simon (Florida Senate): 80.76%.
The Republican Party scored one of its biggest victories in the midterms in Florida. The best-known feat he accomplished was
winning over the electorate of Miami-Dade County, the state's most populous county
the most populated county in the state and where around 70% of the population is Hispanic. For more than two decades, the GOP had not outpolled the Democratic Party.
