Democrats on comeback trail in Florida after years of decline
Florida Democrats fight to restore party’s lost pride in era of DeSantis
Progressives aim to reinstate equilibrium to state’s lopsided politics that DeSantis has, in the eyes of some, dragged into fascism
Florida is different because so many older, more conservative retirees move to Florida. And they vote. If it wasn't for that, Florida would probably have been pretty solidly blue at this point.
On the other hand, that has opened up other states for Democrats, e.g. Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Florida is red because of gerrymandering.
Biden lost the popular vote in Florida by one or two percent. IRC De Santis won the state by less than 1%. Voters have often and overwhelmingly voted in favour of 'left-wing' ballot initiatives too.
It should be a swing state.
In any case, conservative retirees may be moving to Florida, but they're also mor likely to leave Florida and this mortal coil than the average voter.
Or on occasion, the Supreme Court decides that Fla votes R for them.
*illegal gerrymandering
Let's not forget, Florida passed an anti-gerrymandering law. DeSantis straight up ignored it
Desantis was re-elected with almost 60% of the vote. Trump did only win by less than 2% but turnout was almost 30% lower in 2022 than it was in 2020.
Florida is red because of gerrymandering.
50% of Florida voters couldn't be bothered to go vote in the last election. Stop thinking that everything can be blamed on gerrymandering. In even the most heavily gerrymandered districts, Dems could win if only they could get voters off their asses and out to the polls. To be clear, I am NOT saying it isn't an issue, but I am sick of far too many on the Left using gerymandering or the EC as their crutch as to why they lose elections when they do not have a focused platform or compelling candidates in far too many races.
The Republican strategy there seems to be deterring liberals from coming or staying in the state through these laws. At the same time whatever children are there will have a very watered dawn education to indoctrinate them and filter our former atrocities.
If any are left. I don't see normal minded people dying to move to Florida
For a while, we had a lot of abnormal people moving here & then dying of COVID.
Here is my problem:
“We’re just at the start of it,” she said. “Every registered voter, every elected official, every volunteer, needs to start taking ownership and ask what they can do for the Democratic party, not what the Democratic party can do for them."
emphasis is mine We are so stuck in team mentality. Why should we ask what we can do for a party and not how can we better help the American Citizen? Maybe she is trying to echo JFK, but that was a different time and for a different reason that he was making that statement, I believe. I do agree with her that DeSantis isn't as popular as he thinks. I moved from Texas where they have open primaries, and when I moved to FL last year I registered republican because you have to pick one to vote in primaries, but I voted for almost all democrats in the last election. The contrast between what I see in the news and what I feel in my community are different as well. I live in a small city in central FL and there are pride flags everywhere. I have seen less and less trump flags or bumper stickers as well in the last year. I want Florida to be better. There is no reason people who hate so much should control such a beautiful state.
I see in the news and what I feel in my community are different as well. I live in a small city in central FL and there are pride flags everywhere.
Your community sounds like it could end up in the crosshairs of the Desantis regime. You might want to see if there's any sort of pride, leftist, or other social justice group unaffiliated with the Democratic Party.
Every registered voter, every elected official, every volunteer, needs to start taking ownership and ask what they can do for the Democratic party, not what the Democratic party can do for them."
A political party is SUPPOSED to serve MY political interests, that is the POINT of making a PARTY. If they want my support, they should actually campaign for it instead of asking me how I can serve THEM.
If the politics of the party don't align with my own, I will seek one that does. If that third party is structurally locked out of representation like it is in the US, I will seek to build support for the ideology in the community around me while voting for policies and candidates on an individual basis that support my political aims.
"In the eyes of some"? It doesn't matter what the others think, he's operating within the definition of fascism.
Man is literally remaking the state's university system in line with historical fascists and some "journalists" out there just talking about him like he's just another conservative. The whole state is marked "do not travel" on the trans-risk map by Erin Reed, since we now live in a world where they will arrest trans people for using the bathroom, even if they've legally transitioned. People being like "hurdurr how will they enforce that" like bruh they will just violate your privacy
Imagine being this dumb thinking the right is the fascists. Bloody amazing.
This idea that "oh if there's any liberals left" is so smug and to me, is part of the reason why Florida and many other GOP-ruled states are where they are. The idea that the people who don't like these regimes will move to New York, Illinois, or California is out of touch and absurd.
With trans people alone, it's estimated that 1.2-1.8% of the population of the US is trans. Florida's population is 22.25 million. 400,000+ people should not have to become refugees in their own country. This cannot be the "response" to these laws.
Florida is a fascist State, and I wish people would adopt the attitude toward "regime change" that they have for Russia when talking about Desantis.
Does Florida have an organized Democratic Party? Last I checked they didn't.
IMHO let all the R’s move to Florida and concentrate themselves there. Make the rest of the states purple/blue.
you going to help the people who didn't choose to live there get out? Really tired of people forgetting about marginalized and minorities getting the worst of this in these states. Also even if we could, you want to take all the fascists and get them together in a single spot that they can then use to strengthen their "Us vs Them" arguments? That's how you get deadlier and even worst fascists.
LOL yeah ok.
This is like when people were claiming Texas was going to turn blue in the last election. And the election before that. And the election before that.
Little too late it seems. But if they are going to do something, then they better get a move on, lots of people moving out of state.
It’s bad down here.