The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement in response to the latest voter registration total: 

“This empty rhetoric is not new — Republicans have used every dirty trick in the book to suppress votes in Florida,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried. “On Aug 11th’s results are a product of a systematic and coordinated effort of Republican voter suppression tactics, which has eliminated millions of Democratic voters from the rolls over the past year, marking them inactive and canceling mail-in-ballots. 

“While Florida Republicans have spent years dismantling voting rights to inflate their numbers and take victory laps on the voter registration gap, it hasn’t stopped Florida Democrats from winning elections like the Jacksonville Mayor’s race or flipping State House District 35, both wins that demonstrated a growing lack of enthusiasm for the Republican Party and an increasing number of Independent voters rejecting extremism in Florida.  

“Since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race, the Florida Democratic Party has seen a massive momentum shift, recording the highest increase of new volunteers in the country with more than 18,000 Floridians signed up to fight back against Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and the extreme Republican Party. 

“The Florida Democratic Party has never been more organized to face the uphill battle ahead of us to close the gap, break the supermajority and take back our state — that’s what Florida Democrats are going to be focused on from now until Election Day.