Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Gadsden County is known for being a stronghold of the Democratic Party in north Florida , along with Leon County and Jefferson County to its east , and Alachua County to its southeast .
Simplified: Gadsden County is known as an unusual stronghold of the Democratic Party in north Florida . Gadsden shares this distinction with Leon County and Jefferson County to its east , and Alachua County to its southeast .