List of political parties in Florida

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This article lists political parties in Florida.

Major political parties

Only political parties with more than 5% of all registered voters may hold state-run primaries.

Party				Ideology	Membership (2024)	Change from 2023	2024 PBA	U.S. Congress	State Senate	State House	Executive Offices
		Republican Party	REP	Conservatism	5,239,600	70,300		20 / 28	28 / 40	84 / 120	6 / 6
		Democratic Party	DEM	Modern liberalism	4,346,491	466,630		8 / 28	12 / 40	36 / 120	0 / 6

Minor political parties

Party			Ideology	Membership (2024)	Change from 2023
	Independent Party of Florida	IND	Centrism	242,330	28,944
	Libertarian Party	LPF	Libertarianism	35,357	3,399
	Conservative Party of Florida	CSV	Conservatism	19,903	15,079
	Constitution Party	CPF	Paleoconservatism	16,434	9,944
	No Labels	NLP	Centrism	8,355	4,931
	Green Party	GRE	Green politics	7,841	3
	Boricua Party	BPP		5,974	5,425
	Coalition with a Purpose	CPP		3,283	2,236
	Ecology Party of Florida	ECO	Environmentalism	2,919	134
	Party for Socialism and Liberation	PSL	Communism	1,894	209
	People's Party	PEO	Populism	1,321	538
	Forward Party	FFP	Reformism	496	280
	Natural Law Party	NAT	Transcendental meditation	Not recorded as of May 2024
	Reform Party	RFM	Radical centrism	Not recorded as of May 2024
Unaffiliated voters				3,530,804	479,686

Formerly recognized political parties

	Ideology	Lost recognition
Unity Party	Centrism	October 2022
Socialist Party	Socialism	February 2013
Americans Elect		February 2013
Pirate Party
Florida Whig Party
Independence Party
Objectivist Party
Tea Party

Historical registration data

Source

Political party registration by year
Year	REP	DEM	IND	LPF	CPF	GRE	REF	IDP	Others	Unaffiliated	Total
2022	5,277,394	4,971,444	206,024	39,451	3,893	7,826	1,456	–	3,505	3,992,985	14,503,978
2020	5,169,012	5,303,254	163,406	39,538	2,492	7,335	1,474	–	2,072	3,753,286	14,441,869
2018	4,681,598	4,944,867	58,413	32,843	1,724	6,915	1,407	–	1,209	3,549,094	13,278,070
2016	4,550,311	4,877,749	262,599	28,287	1,265	6,605	1,511	44,194	1,323	3,089,929	12,863,773
2014	4,172,232	4,628,178	268,358	23,665	1,142	5,901	1,717	49,112	2,681	2,778,547	11,931,041
2012	4,245,991	4,781,978	248,671	19,892	974	5,705	1,961	55,074	1,299	2,572,901	11,934,109
2010	4,039,259	4,631,068	262,116	17,888	1,112	5,827	2,473	57,761	13,634	2,186,246	11,217,384
2008	4,064,301	4,722,076	253,520	16,883	982	6,007	3,093	63,415	13,756	2,103,119	11,247,634
2006	3,935,675	4,219,531	237,990	15,533	847	6,607	3,790	39,791	9,962	1,964,123	10,433,849
2004	3,892,492	4,261,249	212,750	13,806	585	6,646	3,872	16,838	7,039	1,886,013	10,301,290
2002	3,599,053	3,958,910	179,711	11,852	336	5,590	4,616	5,018	3,107	1,534,433	9,302,360
2000	3,420,238	3,803,081	146,559	9,462	94	2,728	4,672	–	2,452	1,353,431	8,742,717
1998	3,292,589	3,691,742	113,361	7,037	–	965	2,695	–	1,910	1,109,960	8,220,259
1996	3,309,105	3,728,513	101,138	5,509	79	731	1,557	1,148	1,605	928,492	8,077,877
1994	2,747,074	3,245,518	34,403	3,585	35	453	–	474	375	527,681	6,559,598

References

"Political Parties". FL SOS. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ Winger, Richard (12 May 2024). "New Florida Registration Data". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ Winger, Richard (4 July 2023). "New Florida Registration Data". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
"Political Parties". FL SOS. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
Winger, Richard (12 October 2022). "Unity Party Removes Itself from the List of Florida Qualified Parties". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
Winger, Richard (2 February 2013). "Americans Elect is No Longer Ballot-Qualified in Florida". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
Winger, Richard (2 February 2013). "Americans Elect is No Longer Ballot-Qualified in Florida". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ Winger, Richard (12 January 2012). "Florida Now Has Fifteen Qualified Parties". Ballot Access News.

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Defunct	Independence Socialist Socialist Workers Whig
Political party strength in Florida

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"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 1,604
- Ecology Party of Florida – 1,253
- People's Party – 579
- Coalition with a Purpose – 69
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 1157
- Ecology Party of Florida – 915
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 606
- Ecology Party of Florida – 603
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- America's Party of Florida – 768
- Ecology Party of Florida – 314
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 241
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Florida Tea Party – 1264
- America's Party of Florida – 607
- Peace and Freedom – 306
- Ecology Party of Florida – 191
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 127
- Florida Socialist Worker's Party – 100
- Justice Party – 86
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- America's Party of Florida – 395
- Florida Tea Party – 227
- Florida Pirate Party – 214
- Ecology Party of Florida – 151
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 108
- Americans Elect – 103
- Objectivist Party – 66
- Florida Whig Party – 15
- Florida Socialist Worker's Party – 10
- Peace and Freedom – 10
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Independent Democrats – 7,703
- Christian Party of Florida – 1,130
- Veterans' Party of Florida – 826
- Socialist Party of Florida – 584
- Florida Tea Party – 514
- Surfers' Party – 417
- Family Values Party – 385
- Socialist Worker's Party – 326
- Faith and Patience – 312
- American Reform Party – 219
- America's Party of Florida – 205
- American Party of Florida – 178
- Unity '08 – 152
- Florida Whig Party – 121
- Ecology Party of Florida – 106
- Progressive Libertarian Party – 106
- Real Food Party – 82
- Possibility Party – 79
- Objectivist Party – 48
- Prohibition Party – 44
- British Reformed Sectarian Party – 38
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 21
- Others – 38
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Independent Democrats – 7,767
- Christian Party of Florida – 1,268
- Veterans' Party of Florida – 932
- Socialist Party of Florida – 614
- Family Values Party – 429
- Socialist Workers Party – 380
- Faith and Patience – 385
- Surfers' Party – 352
- American Reform Party – 258
- Poor People's Party – 236
- Unity '08 – 161
- American Party of Florida – 119
- Ecology Party of Florida – 101
- Progressive Libertarian Party – 96
- Real Food Party – 88
- Possibility Party – 84
- Florida Whig Party – 59
- Florida Tea Party – 51
- Prohibition Party – 51
- British Reformed Sectarian Party – 43
- Objectivist Party – 40
- Southern Party of Florida – 39
- America's Party of Florida – 30
- Term Limits for Congress Party – 8
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 7
- America First Party – 640
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Independent Democrats – 4,440
- Christian Party of Florida – 1,354
- Veterans' Party of Florida – 1,129
- Socialist Party of Florida – 553
- Surfers' Party – 169
- America First Party – 527
- Family Values Party – 484
- Socialist Workers Party – 311
- Faith and Patience – 209
- American Reform Party – 345
- American Libertarian Party – 105
- Progressive Libertarian Party – 85
- Possibility Party – 24
- Prohibition Party – 39
- Moderate Party of Florida – 80
- Poor Peoples' Party – 75
- British Reformed Sectarian Party – 33
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Veterans' Party of Florida – 1,502
- Independent Democrats – 1,246
- Christian Party of Florida – 1,034
- No Partisan Affiliation Party – 717
- Southern Party of Florida – 484
- Family Values Party – 411
- American Reform Party – 384
- Socialist Party of Florida – 363
- America First Party – 305
- Socialist Workers Party – 266
- Faith and Patience – 132
- Citizens' Party of Florida – 94
- Progressive Libertarian Party – 39
- Patriot Party of Florida – 22
- United Independents of God – 21
- British Reformed Sectarian Party – 16
- Surfers' Party – 3
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- We The People Party – 502
- Southern Party of Florida – 444
- American Reform Party – 431
- Family Values Party – 343
- Natural Law Party – 310
- Socialist Party of Florida – 264
- Reform–Silly Party – 240
- Socialist Workers Party – 201
- Workers World – 51
- America First Party – 24
- Reform Party USA – 14
- Faith and Patience – 11
- No Partisan Affiliation Party – 6
- Progressive Libertarian Party – 0
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Natural Law Party – 669
- Conservative Party of Florida – 486
- American Reform Party – 357
- Reform–Silly Party – 168
- Socialist Party of Florida – 167
- Southern Party of Florida – 165
- Socialist Workers Party – 156
- Family Values Party – 151
- We The People Party – 77
- Christian Party of Florida – 40
- Workers World – 16
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Conservative Party of Florida – 1,356
- Natural Law Party – 207
- Socialist Workers Party – 117
- Socialist Party of Florida – 87
- American Reform Party – 57
- Reform–Silly Party – 54
- Family Values Party – 16
- We The People Party – 16
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- Conservative Party of Florida – 1,159
- American Party of Florida – 183
- Natural Law Party – 119
- Socialist Workers Party – 107
- Reform–Silly Party – 37
"Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
- American Taxpayers' Party – 177
- Socialist Workers Party – 72
- Populist Party of Florida – 81
Whig Party – 45

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List of political parties in Florida

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Formerly recognized political parties

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