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OrlandoDem2

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14. Winning FL is difficult because there are 10-12 media markets and several states within the state.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 08:08 AM

Sep 2019

For a Democrat to win, he/she must cut the loss margin in SWFL and the Panhandle (minus the blue city of Tallahassee) and drive up the Democratic vote in Dade/Broward/Palm Beach. Oh and then the Dem must win the I-4 corridor which is 50/50 but trending Blue (I think).

Rick Scott was successful in doing the opposite and he has a brilliant Twitter campaign reaching out to Hispanics in SoFla and he’s made several trips to Puerto Rico which pleases Puerto Rican’s in Central Florida.

Democrats must get their act together and have a very smart campaign strategy to take this state.

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2020 Electoral Map Could Be Smallest In Years [View all] applegrove Aug 2019 OP

Or MFM008 Aug 2019 #1

Arizona is a state we'll try to win. MontanaFarmer Aug 2019 #2

AZ and NC Lithos Aug 2019 #4

Bullshit. We voted for Obama twice. Texas has been red since 76. GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #6

Your state government has been removing voters in a way which - to me - throws it into doubt Lithos Sep 2019 #7

I was certainly not defending our republican government. GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #9

LOL Lithos Sep 2019 #17

Don't disagree at all. Except gerrymandering in 2020 GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #19

I agree, replace FL with AZ Rstrstx Sep 2019 #8

isn't AZ full of white geezers just like FL? pstokely Sep 2019 #10

Yes Arizona is a top place behind Florida for retired boomers JonLP24 Sep 2019 #11

The median age in FL is 5th highest in the nation, AZ ranks 35th Rstrstx Sep 2019 #20

The median age means nothing. former9thward Sep 2019 #23

Sinema votes mostly like a Republican JonLP24 Sep 2019 #24

AZ only has 11 electoral votes, FL has 29...gotta replace with more than one state!!! LeftInTX Sep 2019 #21

Yeah but AZ has a very winnable Senate seat up too Rstrstx Sep 2019 #22

All Eggs. One Basket. Nope. Don't do it. struggle4progress Aug 2019 #3

No, I think that this time around, the map covers the whole country. DavidDvorkin Aug 2019 #5

In 2016, Clinton didn't campaign once here in WI during the general election campaign. elocs Sep 2019 #12

Way too early to tell philf99 Sep 2019 #13

Winning FL is difficult because there are 10-12 media markets and several states within the state. OrlandoDem2 Sep 2019 #14

Rick Scott is the one Republican that really worries me Buckeyeblue Sep 2019 #15

The way to counter that is for the Democrat to talk about the environment. OrlandoDem2 Sep 2019 #16

Could be? Could not be? pwb Sep 2019 #18