Puerto Ricans turn out in Florida

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/nov/06/us-midterms-elections-2018-latest-live-polls-news-updates-donald-trump-republicans-democrats?page=with:block-5be1b49ae4b0e3827e1555fb#block-5be1b49ae4b0e3827e1555fb



Most of the campaign signs are in Spanish outside the Robert Guevera community center in Kissimmee, Florida, where the tailwinds of Hurricane Maria 14 months ago appeared to still be blowing as voters arrived at the polls early on Tuesday.

The population of the Buenaventura Lakes, or BVL as it’s known to locals, is strongly Puerto Rican, and Donald Trump’s response to the aftermath of the devastating hurricane and denial of the official death toll on the island were uppermost in many people’s minds, according to US congressman Darren Soto, who showed up to encourage voters.

“Without question the deaths of 3,000 fellow Puerto Ricans are on the hearts and minds of the 1.2 million of us here in Florida and is one of the big factors in the higher turnout,” Soto, the state’s first elected congressman of Puerto Rican descent, told the Guardian.

[spanone]

1. K&R...

[malaise]

3. The Guardian has excellent election

Updates

[spanone]

4. THANKS! will check them out!

[beachbum bob]

2. hopefully a significant number of them registered to vote and are doing so....

[malaise]

7. There were reports of heavy registration

Looks good

[beachbum bob]

8. This is one of factors that pollsters models would have miss and easily

understate Gillum suppprt by another 4-6%, maybe more.

[Happyhippychick]

5. One of the greatest shames of this country is how we have handled our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico

I hope each one of them turns out and gives the finger to trump and his enablers.

[Quixote1818]

14. Yes, Trump is basically responsible for the murder of tens of thousands of people in PR

because he turned his back on them. Another thing Dems need to investigate!

[Permanut]

6. Most likely voting for Republicans..

after getting free paper towels, I'd do the same thing.

[Totally Tunsie]

9. Hooray for them!

The tRump regime's response to the devastation of Hurricane Maria and the plight of the PR and USVI residents needs to be reconciled. Three thousand souls and the families who loved them need to be met with compassion and assistance. While their home has been destroyed, their memory remains intact, and they know who is to blame for the slow repair of their infrastructure.

Karma, as "they" say, is a bitch. The hell with MAGA...make Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands LIVABLE again.

[Wounded Bear]

10. This should boost Gillum and Nelson...

[Carl45]

11. for dems

we are puerto rican and voted for dems

[Hugin]

12. Welcome to DU!

[DontBooVote]

13. I was at that very community center on October 1 when Puerto Rico's governor...

...Ricardo Rosselló was in Kissimmee to offer his endorsement of Gillum.

I was in Cocoa Beach on vacation and heard Gillum would be making an announcement with the governor, so I drove over. The community was electric and I spent the rest of the day door-knocking with a couple of people I met at that event. It was a blast!