2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumwhy the low polls in Florida (hint: D-W-S)
Part of the reason there are lower polls in Florida is that the GOP has a built in advantage and support structure. Several forces coagulate in the state, forming a barrier
A) Old Dixie types that remember when Florida was half the size, making them big fish in a little pond
B) Northern Yuppie types who love Florida because it lets them get away with crap more civilized states would not allow
C) Angry transplants who blame the Democrats for the decline of their hometowns
Now, as the last two elections show, this CAN be beaten, especially as this state is filled with
A) Left leaning latinos who know perfectly well that trump is out for their necks
B) Right leaning latinos who are still mad Trump moved over Marco and Jeb.
But, the GOP in Florida have an ever reliable ally, the one that helps pick weak sauce former GOP as democrats, who fold quicker than cheap chairs even when the election a razor thin and full of corrupted results. One who protects her "Friends" in the South Florida GOP, even if and especially if it means stepping over leftists to do it. One who is possibly running for Governor in that state next year, who knows she will need her "friends" to beat the GOP boy Adam Putnam, one of the few GOP in Florida who does not reek of sleaze (for which he is mocked by his party.)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz; The architect of two failed gubernatorial campaigns, several botched congressional runs, and many other elections. She will NOT risk alienating her friends, especially now that Jeb is out of the way, meanign she does nto have to keep hitting the easy target to prove she is a democrat.
CrowCityDem
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TheBlackAdder
(28,163 posts)w4rma
(31,700 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)and one that went blue the last two elections.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Clinton probably has better name recognition in Florida than DWS has.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)I would bet that Secretary Clinton has better name recognition in Florida that DWS has ... since Debbie is in the House of Representatives. If Debbie was in the Senate, she'd be better known in Florida. And other than people that follow politics, her being the Chairperson of the DNC isn't going to make her that much better known in Florida.
Just excuse making, favorite easy target...
frazzled
(18,402 posts)This OP defies response, because you can't speak logically to illogic. So ... shrug.
JCMach1
(27,553 posts)No poll had Obama up more than +2
This has nothing to do with DWS and everything to do with Purple Florida.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/fl/florida_romney_vs_obama-1883.html
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)BlueStateLib
(937 posts)Rubio bounce, Clinton and Murphy both at 37
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Giving the benefit of the doubt I'm going to assume you are functioning on a much higher level than I am.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)there has been almost NO activity down here, and little to verify the vote. It is like 2000 never happened. At the very least, Why can't Debbie use her position to shine a spotlight on it?
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Vote2016
(1,198 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)she is bad for our brand.