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Showing Original Post only (View all)Puerto Rican wave hits Florida, carrying big political implications. 130,00 arrived. GOP won by 113, [View all]
Some 130,000 Puerto Ricans have arrived in Florida since Hurricane Maria, adding to an already steady wave and signaling a potential major development in I-4 corridor politics.
Experts at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York estimate that more than 300,000 Puerto Ricans could leave the island in the next two years, and Florida would likely attract many of those.
The political ramifications are big and at least on paper favors Democrats, as Puerto Ricans tend to vote for the party.
"Florida is a big swing state and Central Florida is the epicenter of that," Dennis Freytes, a political activist in the Orlando area, told the Tampa Bay Times in September, just after the storm. "This could be a very big deal. There are going to be voter registration drives and both parties are going to be after them. They already are."
more: http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2017/11/10/puerto-rican-wave-hits-florida-carrying-big-political-implications/
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Puerto Rican wave hits Florida, carrying big political implications. 130,00 arrived. GOP won by 113, [View all]
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
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130,000 Puerto Ricans abandoned by Trump move to state he won by only 113,000 votes
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#1
Also, fight like hell any new voter ID requirements or new residency standards adopted.
rogue emissary
Nov 2017
#5
My State of NY is even offering IN-STATE tuition to incoming Puerto Ricans!
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#6
They have high-turnout in the island for their elections there. Am sure many are motivated.
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#11
Puerto Ricans in Florida are to the left of Cubans & now that their island was left 4 dead
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#19
I just called Sen. Nelson office and learned that he went to the island and is working to pass
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#32
that's a good thing - but realize Scott has declared an emergency for all Fl counties to aid PR's,
DrDan
Nov 2017
#54
PR's are registering to vote in Florida - however most are choosing "no party affiliation"
DrDan
Nov 2017
#58
And yet, in our new papers please society if your melanin level is high...
Wounded Bear
Nov 2017
#18
GOP will assign an entire team of fascists to this issue to stop as many patriots
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2017
#35
If they were able to fly or take a ship to the mainland they have their id's.
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#25
In order to get a photo ID or driver's license in Florida you have to provide a birth certificate
csziggy
Nov 2017
#41
So ... what can Democrats do to help the them obtain proof of their US citizenship?
KPN
Nov 2017
#47
I called Sen Nelson office & learned that incoming Puerto Ricans are being helped @ d Intnl Airport
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#33
I was told that incoming Puerto Ricans are being helped at the Intnl Airport get Florida drivers
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#40
That 113K is due to an unprecedented turnout of WWC voters which will not be matched again.
LonePirate
Nov 2017
#31
White Working Class (the non-degreed white workers who turned out in force due to his racism)
LonePirate
Nov 2017
#57