to 42.73% of the electorate. Minor party voters also had modest growth, increasing from 2.17% to 2.37%. In contrast, Republicans experienced a sharp decrease in registered voters, sliding from 40.95% in 2000 down to 29.85% in 2012. The beneficiary of the Republican losses have been unaffiliated voters. The percentage of the electorate identifying as an unaffiliated voter increased from 15.47% to 25.06% during this same period. Orange County is one of two different counties in the entire nation to have voted for Al Gore in 2000 after voting for Dole in 1996, a distinction it shares with Charles County, Maryland. Voter registration Communities Cities Apopka Bay Lake Belle Isle Edgewood Lake Buena Vista Maitland Ocoee Orlando Winter Garden Winter Park Towns Eatonville Oakland Windermere Census-designated places Alafaya Azalea Park Bay Hill Bithlo Christmas Clarcona Conway Dr. Phillips Fairview Shores Four Corners Goldenrod Gotha Holden Heights Horizon West Hunter's Creek Lake Butler Lake Hart Lake Mary Jane Lockhart Meadow Woods Oak Ridge Orlo Vista Paradise Heights Pine Castle Pine Hills Rio Pinar Sky Lake South Apopka Southchase Taft Tangelo Park Tangerine Tildenville Union Park University Wedgefield Williamsburg Zellwood Other unincorporated communities Andover Lakes Chinatown Fairvilla Killarney Plymouth Reedy Creek Improvement District Vineland See also Innovation Way List of amusement parks in Central Florida List of tallest buildings in Orlando Mayor of Orange County National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Florida Board of County Commissioners Teresa Jacobs Notes References External links Photographs From the State Archives of Florida. Central Florida Memory is a unique digital collection where visitors can discover the history of Orange County and surrounding areas of Central Florida. Orange County Regional History Center The West Orange Times newspaper that serves Orange County, Florida available in full-text with images in Florida Digital Newspaper Library Orange County Health Department Orange County Collection on RICHES Mosaic Interface Charter counties in Florida Counties in Greater Orlando 1845 establishments in Florida Populated places established in 1845