No party? No more as voters shift toward Democratic Party

Colleen Branam of St. Petersburg was one of the 3.5 million voters in Florida with an independent streak. She was registered with no party affiliation, the fastest-growing segment of Florida’s electorate in recent years.

But when Branam realized that independents can’t vote in Florida’s closed primaries and her voice would be limited to November, she became a Democrat.

(Read more in TampaBay.com)