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As close as the elections for POTUS, governor and senator are, Florida seems like a lost cause...and whats even worse is that the republicans it elects to these offices arent even moderates and dont govern as moderates....you would think that in a state where the elections are less than 2 points that they would try to reach out to their liberal constituency
DarthDem
(5,255 posts)The state Democratic party has been inept for decades. The state needs a transformative figure (or more than one) like Stacey Abrams has been in Georgia to help rescue it. It can be done. It's not like the Democrats have given the state our best shot or anything like it.
OrlandoDem2
(2,065 posts)She is willing to take on the inept Florida Democratic Party which has only won 6 of 28 statewide elections the last 20 years. Pitiful. They are corporate Dems who pal around with the GOP.
With a 6-22 record youd think theyd follow her. She has a great grass roots following and is authentic, progressive and has won in moderate Central Florida districts. She won the state legislative seat in 2018 flipping a red seat and won again this year.
JI7
(89,239 posts)places like Georgia, north Carolina, Texas tend to be young and work in new industries in tech, environment etc.
People go to Florida to just party .
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Florida are snowbirds who establish Florida as their home state for tax purposes.
themaguffin
(3,816 posts)obamanut2012
(26,041 posts)(I live here)
1. Wingnuts from up north retire here, and rich Russians move here, because we have no state income tax, which KILLS us regular folks. They were already wingnuts before they moved here.
2. The state Dem party sucks. Gwen Graham didn't receive the backing she deserved is just one of many, many, many instances. I have volunteered on a local level, and they are horrible, especially compared to other states I've volunteered in (NC).
genxlib
(5,518 posts)At the rate we are going, there will be a noticeable shift in the average age of voters as deSantis kills off the AARP card holders.
rockfordfile
(8,695 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)I don't want us to give up on either state yet. Iowa too.
Tribetime
(4,681 posts)I call bullshit. I know there was a shift to democratic this year in cuyahoga...yet Hillary had a higher percentage than Joe. I work service in the area and visit 25 houses per week.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Cities are deep blue. The rest of this religion-poisoned, live-in-the-past state is pretty much Alabama with snow.
In It to Win It
(8,222 posts)JI7
(89,239 posts)In It to Win It
(8,222 posts)Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis won by a few thousand votes. They are out of step with HALF the state!
...and yet they dont govern like it. They dont moderate their position.
In 2022, we have a governors race and senate on the ballot. All of my arrows will be pointed toward those two for the next two years.
JCMach1
(27,553 posts)Gets what you have there