Is there such a thing as a blue county in Florida?

[Saoirse9]

I live in Pasco but work in Hillsborough and wondered if there were a better place to live here, once I retire in a few years.

[Chainfire]

1. Leon, Gadsden, and I believe that Duval (Jacksonville) and Alachua (Gainesville)

Leon and Alachua are the homes to major universities, (FSU and UF) Gadsden is predominantly black.

[RKP5637]

2. I thought about that for awhile and decided to leave. Hopefully you will do better. I moved here

into a county that was what I thought to be moderate and now it has progressed farther and farther to the right.

[Saoirse9]

12. I have a similar story

I moved into a moderate area 28 years ago and now it's the land of trump. Ugh.

[RKP5637]

13. It makes it so difficult with all of the gerrymandering and everything else. Plus as I understand

it Florida is now a favorite for MAGA types. Plus, Trump is here and DeSantis. And it is often R all the way from local up to the governor. My move is a horrible one, complicated for a bunch of reasons, but I decided with all of the new laws and all of the republicans it was not a good fit for me. Plus where I am the roads are congested and they are rolling houses, condos and shopping across what used to be beautiful greenlands. They just plow everything over.

[Saoirse9]

20. Where will you move to?

I've even thought of leaving the country. New Zealand, Ireland, Portugal.

[RKP5637]

22. New England where I was. It was nice in Florida, my second home, but it has changed so much. n/t

[Saoirse9]

26. If trump wins in 2024 I am definitely out of here

Won't matter where we live as long as it isn't here.

I love New England. But so help me God I hate the cold so much. When I left the north I swore I would never drive in snow again and I won't.

[RKP5637]

23. Those are all good places from what I understand. Some of my friends have sent

their children to New Zealand for advanced education to get them out of the US. I would leave the US if I could, there is so much irrational hatred in the US now, it is freaky.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I believe Brevard.

[Ritabert]

14. Not Brevard. It's almost as bad as the Villages.

[no_hypocrisy]

19. Maybe I got it mixed up with Broward County.

Am I getting "close"?

[Sedona]

4. Broward

[Aviation Pro]

5. Broward Blue

…..

[appalachiablue]

6. FL Democrats, Voter Registration Stats by County, FL Dept. of State, May 2023. Good luck!

https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/

[RKP5637]

7. Wow, this is helpful. I just looked up my county, it now has 50% more R than D. It used to be

balanced.

[appalachiablue]

16. Too much of that in FL and elsewhere. We have work to do, thanks for the post.

[zipplewrath]

10. Orange

Demings is the Mayor.

[Saoirse9]

11. I tried to download that table to Excel

Unsuccessfully. But I will figure it out. Thanks!

[appalachiablue]

17. YW, good luck with your search. Glad you're staying. FL's a beautiful state. 🏝

[Saoirse9]

21. I am not sure I am staying.

Anything is possible I suppose. I would like to stay. But it is painful to see the place I love and people I love turn ugly and red.

[appalachiablue]

24. Understood, it is alarming to see the growing support for extremists & repression.

[Beastly Boy]

8. Palm Beach County, ironically.

And I have proof

https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/24/trump-greeted-skywriter-banner-plane-mar-a-lago-pathetic-loser/

[Lunabell]

9. Gadsden and Leon counties which are right next to each other.

But the rethuglicans gerrymandered our area and we no longer have real representation. Al Lawson was our rep and now the district is split and both have rethuglicans. No representation of our interests.

[Ritabert]

15. Palm Beach and Broward

Monroe sometimes.

[Earth-shine]

18. To second the opinion above this, Palm Beach County, home of Trump is considered a blue area.

Southern Florida is a mixed bag in every community, town, and county.

Central and Northern Florida is seriously red.

I live in the Kings Point 55+ community in Delray Beach, PBC. I have some nice neighbors; a split of Repubs and Dems. And there are some assh*les around here; also a split between Repubs and Dems.

The very worst ones are Repubs. But, I am sometimes surprised at how bad my fellow Dems can be at living peacefully with others.

I don't think there's anywhere in FL that has more Dems than PBC, but we're not a large majority.

[Saoirse9]

27. My sister in law lives in PBC

She's wealthy so it is hard for me to think about PBC as affordable. Silly I guess. But I must say they do have fabulous restaurants over there.

[Earth-shine]

29. PBC is a big place. It's expensive here, but there are cheaper areas. That's where live.

[In It to Win It]

25. Broward County, reliably blue

I live here.

We're the only South Florida county that didn't flip to Ron DeSantis in 2022.

[Saoirse9]

28. Good to know!

[Fla Dem]

30. Here's a Florida map showing how the countys voted in 2020.

Link to interactive Presidential and Congressional voting results in 2020 election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida

[carpetbagger]

31. I lived in Gainesville for 12 years

It's pretty progressive. The city council takes pride in being woke, the county commission is very friendly to land conservation. They go as far as they can under the thumb of the state. It's a college town, so I'm not overwhelmed with what's available to older folks as a whole (partly good, as the hellhole retirement ghettos haven't arrived), and the old hippie scene is dying out, but it's worth a look.

[Saoirse9]

32. Interesting thanks!