2016 Postmortem

Norbert

(6,038 posts) Sat Nov 5, 2016, 11:58 AM Nov 2016

Florida Moving Faster From Battleground To Blue? Thanks, Donald.

A surge in Latino votes could spell long-term trouble for Republicans for years to come.

"KISSIMMEE, Fla. ― If the Republican Party’s challenge in winning the White House could be boiled down to a single image, it might be the 2-foot-by-3-foot sign in front of a polling place in this Central Florida city.

“VOTACION ADELANTADA,” it reads, and underneath: “24 de Octubre de 2016 – 6 de Noviembre de 2016.”

It’s not the Spanish wording per se ― there is an English version, too. What should be alarming for Republicans is the sign’s location: Not Miami, or even Tampa, but Osceola County, which until not long ago was home primarily to cattle ranchers ― and voted like it.

Today, the county is majority Latino, thanks in part to large numbers of Puerto Rican migrants moving to Central Florida. Unlike Hispanic immigrants, Puerto Ricans are already U.S. citizens, and can register to vote the day they step off the plane.

And this election, perhaps because of Republican nominee Donald Trump, they seem to be doing precisely that. Of the early votes cast by Friday, close to one-third of the Hispanic voters had never voted in an election before. And polling makes clear that they are overwhelmingly voting for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. ..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-latino-vote-donald-trump_us_581d0c44e4b0aac624849298

I still think she will win by 10% and Florida and Nevada is exhibit A & B.