FLORIDA - Voter registration is up in Florida.

Since January state Democrats and Republicans have registered nearly 3-hundred thousand new voters.

More than 2-hundred thousand voters registered democrat. 82,000 people have registered with the state Republican party since January.

Florida Democrats Spokesman Eric Jotkoff says he's not surprised his party is winning the voter registrations battle.

"They want change, so they're coming over to join the Democratic Party. They see Democrats as the party that will rebuild the economy, that will create jobs that will lower home owner's insurance rates, lower gas prices and make the state a better place to live."

Both parties are hosting voter registration drives across the state.Party Registrations