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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida Governor Race: 471,000 more votes than in 2010.
Florida just had two of its least popular people on the ballot for Governor and an additional 471,000 showed up to the polls to vote over votes cast in 2010. 240,000 additional votes for Scott, 231,000 additional votes for Crist over what Sink had four years ago. The percentages in 2010 were Scott 48.87%, Sink 47.72%, Other 3.41%. Last night was Scott 48.2%, Crist 47.01%, Other 4.79%(these numbers will probably change by an insignificant amount).
This was not some great beating in the state of Florida. It might feel like it as Scott is really bad, but on the whole the results are the same as from 2010. There really isn't much of a difference.
Two of Florida's least popular people just duked it out and an additional 471,000 people showed up to vote for them over 2010. The Democrat running was recently a Republican. He was EXTREMELY vocal in his support of McCain and Palin. It has been said so many times that if two Republicans are running that the real one is going to win every time. Charlie Crist was very unpopular when he entered the race and he was foisted upon us. It was a gamble by those with money. Morgan & Morgan, who Crist works for, played a big role in this. His backers are the ones in the Florida Democratic Party with the money. They backed him when he changed to Independent out of political expediency, now they have backed him after he changed to Democrat out of political expediency. This is what democrats are up against in Florida. Not Charlie Crist, a known republican, but broken leadership within the state party.
Almost half a million more people voted in Florida for the Governors race. That is a good thing. I really think we had a chance in Florida if a Republican was not at the top of the Democratic ticket. This loss hurts bad. Crist is more of a McCain type guy and Scott is full blown Cruz. There is a difference. Try explaining that difference in tv spots and it doesn't work. It doesn't get to the voters. It is time for Florida to run a Democrat on the ticked for Governors race. We had a really good Democrat in the last election but she wasn't the best campaigner. She was actually pretty good, just not the best. It wouldn't have taken much more for her to have gotten over the top in 2010. We need to do better when we are talking about the state of Florida and its Governor.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I think it is pretty clear that more turned out. 800,000 new residents. By the time all is said and done the vote increase will be around 480,000.
Also, percentages are almost identical to 2010.
still_one
(91,951 posts)look at the other elections in Florida
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I disagree with that in no way. The governing of the whole country is a little more red today. What is not more red is the results of the governors race over that of 2010. That is what the post was about. How are the voters of the state more red when compared to 2010 in the governors race when the stats are almost identical. My post was strictly about the governors race.