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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I think Bill Nelson can rest a little easy now as Rick Scott's path to the Senate just got a little more complicated.
Edited by Mario1995 on Aug 28th 2018 at 9:36:07 AM
"The devil's got all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns. Fuck that." - Liam GallagherThe poll seemed to have really downplayed enthusiasm among youth and people of color.
On a side note, though, Republicans still turned out in greater numbers than Dems, so turnout will be a huge factor to where this goes in the general.
Edited by Mario1995 on Aug 28th 2018 at 9:51:11 AM
"The devil's got all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns. Fuck that." - Liam GallagherGoing back to the Puerto Rico death numbers. These numbers make it the third worst natural disaster in US history, behind the Hurricane which hit Galveston in 1900, and the 1906 San Fransisco Earthquake, and if we add single man-caused disasters, this puts it in 4th with 9/11 right before it.
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This is also Florida, full of cranky, retired old people with nothing to do but electorally stick it to younger generations, plus the large Cuban population leaning strongly GOP. I would not read all that much into it in terms of an overall national wave-Florida has been pretty Red for a while.
Edited by ViperMagnum357 on Aug 28th 2018 at 10:03:16 AM
Republicans had a higher turnout than Dems, but the Democratic candidate in Florida still won his primary?
Primaries are agianst same party, so democrats vs democrats and republicians vs republicians to see who makes it on the ballot.
And the primaries in flordia are closed, meaning that it was only democrats voting on the democrats, and only republicians the republician.
They’re on break. The shows don’t get enough episode to broadcast year round so they tend to take several weeks off at points throughout the year.
Back to Florida, this should help Nelson, he will need high black turnout if he is going to hold onto his seat.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe Oath Keepers are planning on using lethal force against protests in Democrat urban centers, conducting training sessions in every state called the Spartan Training Groups: https://tinyurl.com/ycen9efk
Huh, I voted for Gillium, but expected Graham to win. I would have been happier with either — my main beef with Graham is that she's the daughter of Bob Graham, who was governor in the 80s, and I'm not really a fan of dynastic politics.
Here's hoping the general election goes well. DeSantis would be an even worse governor than Rick Scott has been. Scott is a fairly standard personally corrupt, "small government except when I can use government to bully minorities" Republican. DeSantis is an incompetent Trumpist lunatic.
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Oh my god oh my god oh my god YES.
Here’s an article with more about Gillum.