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Some Florida Republicans changing voter registrations in aftermath of Trump supporters’ rampage through Capitol

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By Anthony Man
South Florida Sun Sentinel | Jan 09, 2021 at 9:00 AM

he rampage through and temporary takeover of the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, incited by the president, may be prompting some Florida voters to leave the Republican Party.

The numbers are small, but notable. In Miami-Dade, the state’s most populous county, more than seven times as many Republicans as Democrats changed their party registrations in the aftermath of the violence in Washington, D.C. The ratio of Republican to Democratic switches was almost as high in Palm Beach County, the third most populous.

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Most of the Republican switchers went to no party affiliation/independent.

Among the former Republicans, 431 changed to no party affiliation and 171 registered as “independent.”

(There’s an unusual feature in Florida. What most people think of as an independent voter is actually “no party affiliation.” The “Independent Party” is technically a minor political party. Many people who choose it actually want the status that comes with NPA. Often, Link said, it requires some explaining, especially for people who mistakenly believe going “NPA” means they are no longer registered to vote.)

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Calls from voters

Link said there was an increase in calls. “The phone bank was reporting that it was mostly Republicans and it was mostly people changing to no party,” she said. Mostly, she said, it was “Republicans saying that they were disgusted and didn’t want to be part of any party anymore, mostly, and they didn’t like the direction the country was going.”

Flemming said the Broward Supervisor of Elections Office received more calls than usual from people who wanted to know how to switch parties, most from Republican or Democratic to independent status. She said the interest was unusual for an early January day with no major election on the horizon.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-voter-registration-switches-after-capitol-riot-20210109-yat7x7la4jbhhn52mbfc7z6fqu-story.html