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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida, a purple state, may now be a blue state for two reasons.
The high school students and I believe tens of thousands of american citizens from Puerto Rico now live in Florida. They are going to vote against the republicans.
eleny
(46,166 posts)I expect this to happen across the country. Teenagers have so much energy.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)who have voted republican before but may face choices of benefit cuts and angry grand kids....grandma why do we need AR15s?....What she gonna say now? better to shoot you with>....
edhopper
(33,604 posts)It becomes a Blue State.
maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)Since 1999:
GOP Governor
GOP State Senate
GOP State House
That's not even a Purple state.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,189 posts)And had the recount been allowed to be completed in 2000, three times.
maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)19 years of GOP control State Control is more like Crimson or Burgundy than Purple, let alone Violet or Blue.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,189 posts)maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)I think I've just reached the limits of my Pollyanna tolerance.
The situation is dire. Putting the cart before the horse is unwise.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)DIsclaimer-- I only know about FL colleges because of casual conversations about sports. I have no idea how 'good' they are or what a student's job prospects are after graduation in FL.