Florida and the Puerto Rican Vote

[zipplewrath]

1. One bit of encouragement

There was already a sizable PR presence in central Florida. A very large number of the refugees moved in with/near relatives and friends. So the non-PR communities saw very little direct impact. Probably the largest was in the schools where they showed up in droves. But in many cases, the schools were already configured to deal with the PR population. The local school districts also set up kiosks in the airports to process refugees and look for teachers among them to help with the influx of students.

It could really be a "good news" story for the democrats, if they only can leverage it. Nelson hasn't been the strongest here in any way really. To a great degree he's been getting by because there is a D after his name. But if enough of the refugees look to our party because of Trump, it could make a significant difference.