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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'A heart pumping blue blood:' How fast-growing Orlando threatens Trump's reelection
TALLAHASSEE In the shadow of Walt Disney World, in one of Floridas fast-growing metropolises, Democrats are assembling a political machine that theyre counting on to destroy President Donald Trumps dreams of reelection.
The president must win Florida to capture a second term. But the increasingly Democratic Orlando region stands in his way as one of the few places in Florida with a bench of Democratic officials and a grassroots infrastructure to go along with it. As a result, the Biden campaign and Florida Democrats think it can help deliver the crowning blow to Trump in November.
The president must win Florida to capture a second term. But the increasingly Democratic Orlando region stands in his way as one of the few places in Florida with a bench of Democratic officials and a grassroots infrastructure to go along with it. As a result, the Biden campaign and Florida Democrats think it can help deliver the crowning blow to Trump in November.
Driving the leftward momentum: explosive urban growth, fueled by young voters and those with Puerto Rican roots, like Mercado. They are spreading from Orlando and Kissimmee throughout the swing states swing area, the Interstate 4 Corridor, which the Orlando media market anchors in the middle of the state.
Its spreading from Orlando into the surrounding areas. Just look at the highway system, its like a heart pumping blue blood in every direction from Orlando, he said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/15/orlando-democratic-voters-trump-reelection-415526
I'm seeing a deeper shade of blue at Florida
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/florida/
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'A heart pumping blue blood:' How fast-growing Orlando threatens Trump's reelection (Original Post)
BlueWavePsych
Sep 2020
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. Beautiful! k&r n/t
-Laelth
msongs
(67,430 posts)2. "...one of the few places in FLorida..." one hopes dems will change this...soon nt
ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)3. i've got 2 sisters in the villages.
it's about 50/50 there. it ought to be 80/20 for hair fuhrer.
lots of folks coming down from blue states, hanging up their blue collars, or their sales careers, or... in the last decade or so.