Democrats forge edge with registration drives in Florida
If voter registration drives are the key to winning Florida this election season, Democrats are walking away with the contest. Fueled partly by the aggressive registration drives of progressive groups, Democratic registration in Florida outpaced Republican registration by nearly 2 to 1 over the first four months of the year. Democrats picked up nearly 105,000 registrations, Republicans gained more than 58,000 and the ranks of independent voters swelled by nearly 87,000. [more]