Bye bye blue? Poll says majority of Dems say they could move out of Florida by end of decade

Belongings from a house being loaded into a moving van
Trump supporters, Republicans are much less likely to relocate.

New polling says that the further left you are, the more likely you are to leave the Sunshine State.

A Florida Atlantic University survey shows a majority of Democrats and Kamala Harris voters in Florida say they are at least “somewhat” likely to move elsewhere between now and 2030.

A full 26.4% of Democrats say it’s “very likely” they move in the next five years, while 32% say it’s “somewhat likely,” a total topping 58%.

This compares to just 25% of Republicans saying it’s at least “somewhat likely” they move away from the Free State of Florida.

The split replicates when it comes to presidential preference, with 31.9% of Harris supporters saying it’s somewhat likely they leave the state, and 24.7% of them saying it’s very likely.

Meanwhile, just 17.3% of Donald Trump supporters deem it somewhat likely they will move away, while an additional 9.5% saying it’s very likely.

Mainstreet Research polled 961 Florida voters between April 4 and 9 for this survey.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


14 comments

  • Foghorn Leghorn

    April 24, 2025 at 4:16 pm

    Well buh bye then. Let us know how life is in New York, Kalifornia, Washington, New Jersey, and on and on.

  • Mme DoGood

    April 24, 2025 at 4:28 pm

    The question(s) should be why. Home insurance? Health care costs? Congestion? Costs of housing? Jobs? Well paid jobs?educstion? Teachers salaries? It’s not really a partisan issue…there are many cracks showing in Florida economics that are making people consider why live here.

    • Bill

      April 24, 2025 at 4:49 pm

      That’s the question alright. I find that if I don’t watch the news, I’m pretty happy. Watch the news and it’s all shootings, car jackings, hit and runs etc. not to mention the points you made. Politics aside, the quality of life here is turning not what it used to be. Throw in the hurricanes and I’m sure plenty of folks consider moving.

      • MH/Duuuval

        April 25, 2025 at 9:34 am

        I know I am wishing for higher ground.

  • You didn’t ask them WHY. For most of us, anyway, life simply happens.

    Moving out-of-state is not always related to love or hate for Florida. Usually, moving is because of something much more personal and specific.
    (For example, I moved from my beloved NH, back to Taxachusetts, because my mother died and Dad was quite obviously withering on the vine. Six months later, a house full of kids and three cats had brought him back from the dead. We moved back to NH and he eloped with a former girlfriend from high school. Go figure).

    • Paul Passarelli

      April 24, 2025 at 8:21 pm

      Hi Larry, have we met?

      I was the vice chair of the LPCT from 2012-2018
      Been here since 2019 with absolutely zero chance of ever returning to my once-beloved, now-contemptuous of, Nutmeg State.
      I kept my LPF voter registration, and tried to get some activity rolling down here, but in all candor, I’ve given up on the LPF’s team. They can’t even seem to organize a monthly Zoom call / dial-in, and I thought that Executive Committee (SCC) meetings of the LPCT were small with only 8-12 people showing up each month, and 60-80 for Convention.

      –In Liberty

  • Paul Passarelli

    April 24, 2025 at 8:09 pm

    My message to the Blue Meanies that choose to leave:
    Don’t let the door hit you in the ass!

  • Deplorable Pinellas

    April 24, 2025 at 9:48 pm

    Don’t let the door hit ya where the Lord split ya. #ByeFelicia

    • MH/Duuuval

      April 25, 2025 at 9:36 am

      And, if you live in Pinellas: “Glug, glug” will be your epitaph.

  • Foghorn Leghorn

    April 25, 2025 at 1:42 pm

    Love the bumper stickers, “Don’t Kalifornia my Florida”. That applies to many other blue state invaders that come here.

    • MH/Duuuval

      April 27, 2025 at 10:38 am

      Face it, I M Peachy: You didn’t have the grit or the smarts to make it in CA.

  • Oscar

    April 28, 2025 at 8:39 am

    Good freaking riddance. That will certainly benefit the state’s average IQ as these as these over opinionated, narcissistic, ignorant bedwetters leave.

    • MH/Duuuval

      April 28, 2025 at 9:17 pm

      I can’t attest to it personally, but the word is that DJT smells bad. Poor Susie W having to be around a stinker all the time and trying not to show her genteel disgust.

      • Oscar

        April 30, 2025 at 7:30 pm

        I’m guessing you are about 14 years old….. Time to grow up, loser.

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