Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner is expecting 80% of Florida's electorate to vote. That is a record high. That turnout is only matched by 1992, where 83% of the electorate voted. Who won that election? Oh yes, I believe the name was “Clinton.” Another interesting indicator: John Kerry lost Florida in 2004 with 74% of the electorate turning out… while Obama actually WON Florida in 2012 with only 72% of the electorate turning out. How is that possible? I believe it may have to do with a certain demographic shift in voters’s ethnicity. Oh, and how do Latino voters in Florida currently feel about the GOP nominee? Not good.
Eighty-four percent of Latino voters in Florida have an unfavorable view of Trump, the poll found. Two in three said they are less likely to vote Republican in November because of Trump’s views on immigration, and nearly three in five said they are much less likely. Some 56 percent of Cuban-Americans polled said they were much less likely to vote for Republicans this year because of Trump.
Oh, and shall I mention how much Democrats are taking advantage of this situation?
According to the Florida division of elections, a record 1.8 million Hispanic voters are registered for the 2016 primaries statewide out of a total voting population of 12 million, reflecting the smaller-scale success of Kennedy’s group.
By contrast, 1.66 million Hispanic voters were registered in Florida for the 2012 general election, in which Barack Obama carried the state by 76,000 votes, including 60% of the Hispanic vote, over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
And it’s not just Democrats. There are a lot of rumors that disaffected Republicans could give Clinton the edge in 2016 in Florida.
Statewide, Clinton could peel off as many as 890,071 “reluctant Republicans” compared to 532,779 “disaffected Democrats” who might vote for Trump, the study by Deep Root Analytics says.
Florida, you’re sure gonna look pretty in that shade of blue :-)