270 Electoral Votes

[BlueDemKev]

60. The problem with Florida is.....

...we don't have the heavily-populated liberal areas offsetting the sparsely-populated conservative areas (like we do in PA and MI).


....While the heavily-populated areas in south Florida (Broward, Palm Beach, and much of Miami-Dade counties) are solidly Democratic, the also heavily-populated areas in central Florida (notably Orlando, Tampa and along the entire I-4 corridor) are very conservative as they are packed with wealthy retirees who migrated down to Florida from the northern states (and bringing some electoral votes with them). The entire panhandle from Jacksonville to Pensacola is solidly red, with the exception of the Tallahassee area which is split about 60/40 towards blue.

Florida's geographical demographics are such that, while they do give us a shot at winning the state, it's always an uphill climb to reach 51%.