'There is no plan. There's nothing': Florida Democrats in despair over future

[mcar]

14. Florida is a red state

and will be for some time to come, IMO. And that's speaking as someone who works with local Democratic clubs and caucuses.

Beyond the very real fact that the state party has been ineffective for some time, consider that the FL Republican party is the most well-funded party in the country - DeSantis had a $100 million war chest.

Other factors:

Republican retirees are flocking into the state and younger people are not. It's creating a huge demographic crisis - young working people cannot afford to live in the state. Even in my little rural county, rents are ridiculously high vis a vis the job opportunities.

For reasons I cannot figure out, young and Black and Hispanic Democrats simply did not come out and vote in November. After Dobbs and all the authoritarian, racist, sexist, and homophobic legislation passed by the FL state leg, it blows my mind that people didn't vote. Not being in love with a candidate is no excuse.