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(42,334 posts)Blue wave, y'all!
Lochloosa
(16,065 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)with first hand experience of how Repubs handle gov't services after disasters.
At least that's the count of people moving in from Puerto Rico that I recall.
They're all US citizens already, all they have to do is register their change of address.
Orange Free State
(611 posts)And I am glad it is coming to pass. Florida as a whole is very close, kind of a purple state. This may flip Florida as a whole. Remember how close the 2000 Presidential election was.
mcar
(42,334 posts)I welcome all our Puerto Rican sisters and brothers to the Sunshine State!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Puerto Rico, USA?
Sometimes GOPutin strategic thinking is a bit...lacking....
lastlib
(23,244 posts)Dems EVERYWHERE need to get their as&ses out and work 'em off and make the 2018 Blue Tsunami IRRESISTIBLE nationwide! Remember that repuglikans and Putinites are out there ready and waiting to STEAL whatever we don't work to save!
Initech
(100,080 posts)We got to GOTV against these bastards!
nycbos
(6,034 posts)Doable. GOTV GOTV GOTV
hay rick
(7,624 posts)Florida allows any registered voter to get a vote by mail ballot. We have been canvassing every weekend, knocking on the doors of registered Democrats who voted in 2016 but didn't vote in the last midterm. We bring a vote by mail application which they can fill out on the spot and we turn it in to the Supervisor of Elections for them (no postage necessary)! In 2014, people receiving a mail ballot voted at approximately twice the rate of those who had to go to the polls.
In the past, we didn't have enough volunteers to support this kind of activity two or three months before the election. Now we have people coming forward to organize, finance, and man this effort a year ahead of time.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)Thank you VOLUNTEERS! We need this in all 50...hope it is contagious!
Kath2
(3,074 posts)LOVE IT!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)RandySF
(58,897 posts)Democrats on the local level are pumped and ready to get out there, and the above tweet is another example.
hay rick
(7,624 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 29, 2018, 08:26 PM - Edit history (1)
Currently occupied by Republican Brian Mast. He flipped the seat when Patrick Murphy decided to leave congress and run for the senate. We plan to flip it back.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)That district is a classic case of a district in Florida that was blood red for decades, but now is winnable for a Democrat that has a message that fit the district. Also, Stuart is south of Tampa and is among the growing part of Florida.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)It's on the East Coast just north of Palm Bech.
RobertDevereaux
(1,857 posts)Go, Florida 18. We must GOTV everywhere in 2018, 2020, 2022.
Our (first) five-year plan. Destroy the Republican Party completely.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But yeah, I agree with the goal, and I believe it's basically achievable.
countryken
(114 posts)The restoration of felons' voting rights has been approved to be on the ballot. We'll need 60% to make it happen. It's time to start playing Merle Haggard's "Branded Man" to the locals.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/amendment-restore-felons-voting-rights-florida-november-ballot/uXOxe9lET9RE5piKMzZqqK/
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)The (R) Admin's solution to Puerto Rican's dire emergency was a roll of paper towels and then that would be the last you see of them. This is how much you can depend on them for help when you really need it.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)HootieMcBoob
(3,823 posts)That's going to be a tough one but it looks like they've chosen a good candidate for that district.
OnDoutside
(19,960 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)can you please post the text of the tweet or a picture of it?
OnDoutside
(19,960 posts)IndivisibleMartin
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Packed rally at the Flip #FL18 blue rally today in Stuart, Fl!!!! Thank you to all the amazing organizers and to @pamkeith and @laurenbaer for your rousing speeches! @indivisibleFL18 @PBIndivisibles @indivisibleslc #BlueWave2018 #BlueTsunami @Roadto18