[JohnKreese]

(11-06-2018 06:42 PM)Libertas Wrote:  

Bad news.

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Translation - the turnout in Miami-Dade is slightly higher than in 2016. That isn't good news.

Granted, there are a lot of conservative Cubans there who very much helped put Trump over the top, but it's not what you want to see and might be enough to undo the Republican advantage everywhere else in the state. The panhandle also may not be enough to offset this.

It's far from over, but this is going to come down to the wire.

It's possible that this is the result of displaced Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria voting in this election (obviously they didn't vote in Miami-Dade in 2016). Thankfully, most have a positive view of Rick Scott

[url=https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/07/01/poll-rick-scott-far-more-popular-among-puerto-rican-florida-voters-than-donald-trump/]https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politic...ald-trump/

Quote:

By contast, more than 55 percent have a good or very good opinion of Gov. Scott — a whopping 82 percent among those who moved to Florida since 2017 when Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

Scott has repeatedly visited the island since Maria and aggressively courted Puerto Ricans in Florida. He is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, who has been sharply critical of the Trump administration's response to the disaster.

Nelson is considerably less popular among recent transplants to Florida, with 57 percent having a positive view of the Senator, lower than his Republican colleague, Sen. Marco Rubio, who was viewed positively by 61 percent.

Probably won't help with the governor's race, though