I have a question, Floridians -- Spouse and i are thinking of buying a house in Florida

[Sancho]

59. We've recently elected...

Kathy Castor (Tampa)...a few years ago..Bill Heller. (St. Pete)..as Democratic state representatives. Obviously Allen Grayson has hung in there from Orlando. The current mayor of St. Pete is a Democrat. The only reason Jennings lost was that they hacked the DRE's. In Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Pete it's a split for some elections. I would say that Sarasota was more red than St. Pete. The GOP puts a LOT more money into the races.

If you go outside of town from Pasco all the way to Alligator Alley there are pockets of immigrants that are getting bigger. Even though it's more prevalent in Pasco/Hernando, I suspect that demographically even Sarasota and Bradenton will see larger immigrant populations soon. Florida is growing among immigrants at one of the fastest rates of all states.

In Ft. Myers FGCU has brought more Democrats in as part of the college faculty. They have the largest percent faculty union members of the state university system.