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Florida Democrats known more for dysfunction than winning
So far, Scott doesn't have a major Democratic opponent as he seeks a second term next year, the latest reflection of a floundering state Democratic Party.
The voter registration advantage Florida Democrats had when President Barack Obama narrowly won the state in 2012 has flipped to Republicans. With the help of gerrymandering, the GOP majority in the state legislature and the congressional delegation has expanded.
"Unfortunately, the Democratic Party collapsed in 2022, but with the right resources, the right investment and the right ground game, Florida will always be in play because of the cultural diversity of the state," said Nikki Fried, who took over as state Democratic Party chair in February after one term as Florida agriculture commissioner. Her win for that office in 2018 makes her the only Democrat to have won statewide in over a decade.
Fried has been rushing to raise money, including from Democratic megadonor Donald Sussman, but multiple Florida Democrats pointed to Scott's lack of a clear Democratic challenger as evidence of just how much work there is to be done.
"If they want to spend a lot of money there," Rubio said of the Biden campaign, "I think that's good for our chances in other places."
In 2020, much of the money spent for Biden in Florida came from billionaire Mike Bloomberg, who put $100 million into ads and organizing in the state. An adviser to the former New York City mayor told CNN that so far, there has been no outreach to Bloomberg's operation from either the Biden campaign or the DNC.
The 2020 money, the adviser said, came from a perceived opportunity to relieve pressure on the Biden campaign and allow it to put its money elsewhere while forcing the Trump campaign to keep spending money there and have less to spend in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. There was also a fleeting belief that they could push Biden over the top in Florida – though Trump ended up carrying the state by 3 points.
"Will those conditions apply in '24?" the adviser wrote in an email to CNN, before adding a shrug emoji.
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Posted by Jane Wilde to Trang Ánh Nam at May 21, 2023, 10:04 PM
Florida Democrats known more for dysfunction than winning
So far, Scott doesn't have a major Democratic opponent as he seeks a second term next year, the latest reflection of a floundering state Democratic Party.
The voter registration advantage Florida Democrats had when President Barack Obama narrowly won the state in 2012 has flipped to Republicans. With the help of gerrymandering, the GOP majority in the state legislature and the congressional delegation has expanded.
"Unfortunately, the Democratic Party collapsed in 2022, but with the right resources, the right investment and the right ground game, Florida will always be in play because of the cultural diversity of the state," said Nikki Fried, who took over as state Democratic Party chair in February after one term as Florida agriculture commissioner. Her win for that office in 2018 makes her the only Democrat to have won statewide in over a decade.
Fried has been rushing to raise money, including from Democratic megadonor Donald Sussman, but multiple Florida Democrats pointed to Scott's lack of a clear Democratic challenger as evidence of just how much work there is to be done.
"If they want to spend a lot of money there," Rubio said of the Biden campaign, "I think that's good for our chances in other places."
In 2020, much of the money spent for Biden in Florida came from billionaire Mike Bloomberg, who put $100 million into ads and organizing in the state. An adviser to the former New York City mayor told CNN that so far, there has been no outreach to Bloomberg's operation from either the Biden campaign or the DNC.
The 2020 money, the adviser said, came from a perceived opportunity to relieve pressure on the Biden campaign and allow it to put its money elsewhere while forcing the Trump campaign to keep spending money there and have less to spend in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. There was also a fleeting belief that they could push Biden over the top in Florida – though Trump ended up carrying the state by 3 points.
"Will those conditions apply in '24?" the adviser wrote in an email to CNN, before adding a shrug emoji.
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Posted by Jane Wilde to Trang Ánh Nam at May 21, 2023, 10:04 PM
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