{"id":6262,"date":"2016-01-19T13:31:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:31:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:11","slug":"latinos-in-the-2016-election-florida","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

This profile provides Florida voter registration data, including party affiliation, as reported by the Florida Division of Elections through October 28, 2016. It also provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older.\u00a0 Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in Florida.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2014 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2014 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS<\/a>), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n

Florida Voter Registration Statistics<\/h3>\n\n
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According to the Florida Department of State Division of Elections<\/a>, 1,795,000 Latinos were registered to vote statewide as of presidential preference primary book closing on October 28, 2016. Overall, Latinos make up 15.7% of the state\u2019s more than 12 million active registered voters. Among Latino registered voters, 514,000 are registered as Republicans, making up 11.3% of all Republican registered voters. And 798,000 Latino registered voters are registered as Democrats, representing 16.4% of all Democratic registered voters.<\/p>\n\n

As recently as 2006, more Hispanics in Florida were registered as Republicans (37%) than as Democrats (33%). By 2008, the balance tipped over to the Democrats. The gap between Hispanics who are registered as Democrats (38%) and those registered as Republicans (27%) is wider now than in 2010.<\/p>\n\n

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Geographically, the majority of Hispanic Republican registered voters are located in South Florida. According to the Division of Elections, 53% (272,000) are in Miami-Dade County alone. By contrast, among the state\u2019s Hispanic Democratic registered voters, a smaller share, 31% (248,000), are registered to vote in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n\n

Hispanics have grown from 10.7% of the registered voters in 2006 to 15.7% today. They outnumber black registered voters (13.4%). The share of white eligible voters has declined from 2006, when they composed 72.0% of registered voters. Whites today make up about two-thirds (64.2%) of registered voters, and Asians are an additional 1.9% of the state\u2019s registered voters.<\/p>\n\n

Hispanics in Florida\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n
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