Republicans win big in Hillsborough county, flipping county commission

Election night ended with a big upset for state and local Democrats. Many said they were shocked, but some, like ABC Action News’ political analyst Susan McManus said she saw this coming months ago. “Everything comes down to one thing,” she said. “Getting the voters who support you to actually go vote. We call it GOTV, get out the vote.” The issue is Florida Democrats did not go out to vote for Democrats. You can tell that by just looking at the numbers. There are 342,601 registered democrats in Hillsborough County, compared to 290,071 registered republicans, and 292,219 non-partisan voters. A lot of those non-partisans, and some democrats, voted red Tuesday.