<body><div>News AnalysisDespite the fact a blue tsunami swept across the nation at last week’s midterm elections, electing as many as 56 Democratic senators and 258 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the trend towards the left appears to have had little significant impact along the Forgotten Coast over the past 14 years.The registration of Republicans in Gulf County in 2026 is at 65 percent of the electorate, and in Franklin County it’s 54 percent. Go back 12 years, to 2014, and Gulf County was 38 percent registered Republican, and just 25 percent of Franklin County voters were signed up with the GOP.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2Ah2pI_1GwSdrOY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Ah2pI_1GwSdrOY00" width="1962" height="1601" ><figcaption>Bryan Avila, the Republican lieutenant governor-elect of Florida, campaigns on the eve of last week’s midterms at the fire house in Eastpoint. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]</figcaption></figure>So how have they voted?The Star and Times looked at three races, the U.S. president, the Florida governor and the Florida senator, dating back to 2012.Of course, the quality of the candidates mattered, as did their appeal to regional tastes, not just their party affiliation when it comes to analyzing results.It’s not just about party, but using that as the criterion, the data shows that the needle in both counties has moved little to the left in the past 14 years, and in some cases, has ticked to the right.In 2012, Franklin County voters gave President Obama about 34 percent of the vote, Democratic senator Bill Nelson about 49 percent, and Democratic congressman Al Lawson about 41 percent.In Gulf County, the support for Democrats was even lower, with Obama drawing 28 percent support, Nelson about 44 percent support and Lawson close to 29 percent support.During the 2014 midterms, when Democrat Gwen Graham was elected to Congress, Franklin County gave her close to 42 percent support, more than the 39 percent they gave Democrat Charlie Crist in his bid for governor. In Gulf County, the vote for Democrats was lower, just about 27 percent for Crist and 32 percent for Graham.In the 2016 elections, the slide in Democratic votes continued, as Hilary Clinton drew slightly less than 29 percent support in Franklin in her bid to become president, while senatorial hopeful Patrick Murphy captured about 31 percent of the vote, about the same percentage as Walter Dartland got in his losing battle for Congress.In Gulf, the percentages voting for a Democrat for president, senator and congressman ran about 7 percentage points below the tallies in Franklin.The support for Democrats in these three offices ticked up slightly, by about 2 percentage points, in the 2018 midterm and 2020 presidential elections, in both Gulf Franklin counties.But then in the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential elections, the Democrats’ vote totals slipped back between 2 and 4 percentage points in Franklin, and as many as 6 percentage points in Gulf, to a low of less than 20 percent support for Crist in Ron DeSantis’ landslide win in the 2022 midterms.In last week’s midterms, Democratic support in Gulf County for gubernatorial candidate David Jolly, and senatorial candidate Angie Nixon stayed constant, at about 22 percent, but in Franklin County rose by about 5 percentage points.Amanda Green, running to replace Neal Dunn in the U.S. House of Representatives, saw the biggest gain for the Democrats in the Forgotten Coast, as she gathered 34 percent of the vote in Franklin against Republican Austin Rogers, which was the Dem’s best showing since the 2014 midterms.In Gulf County, Green’s vote total of 35 percent was the best showing by a Democrat since 2012, and a full 15 percentage points better than Yen Bailey had done when she challenged Dunn in 2024.</div></body>

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Despite the fact a blue tsunami swept across the nation at last week’s midterm elections, electing as many as 56 Democratic senators and 258 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the trend towards the left appears to have had little significant impact along the Forgotten Coast over the past 14 years.

Democrats’ popularity here grows little since 2012

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Despite the fact a blue tsunami swept across the nation at last week’s midterm elections, electing as many as 56 Democratic senators and 258 seats in the U

Democrats’ popularity here grows little since 2012

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