security On August 8, 2018 Senator Bill Nelson told the Tampa Bay Times that Florida's voting system had been penetrated by Russian hacking efforts. Senator Nelson noted that the likely target of hacking efforts was voter rolls for the state. During DEF CON 26 in 2018, an 11-year-old reportedly hacked into a Florida state election website replica in just 10 minutes by taking advantage of expired SSL certificates. The participants of this event also discovered vulnerabilities of the state voting machines via the memory card and rendering a voter's ballot invalid. In May 2019, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Russians hacked voting databases in two Florida counties prior to the 2016 presidential election and no election results were compromised. Party affiliation The following statistics show party affiliation of registered Florida voters: In 1972, Democratic registered 69%, Republican 28%, and 3% other. In 1992, Democratic registered 51%, Republicans 41%, and 8% other. In 2013, Democrats registered 40%, Republicans 35%, and 25% other. In 2016, Democrats registered 38%, Republicans 36%, and 26% other. In 2018, Democrats registered 37%, Republicans 35%, and 28% other. In 2021, Democrats registered 35.6%, Republicans 35.9%, and 28.5% other. See also Florida elections, 2020 Politics of Florida Political party strength in Florida Florida Democratic Party Republican Party of Florida Government of Florida United States presidential elections in Florida Women's suffrage in Florida References Further reading External links Florida Division of Elections government website Florida Elections Commission government website (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters) Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Florida elections Government of Florida Political events in Florida