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RobRiverayesterday at 8:11 PM6 repliesview on HN

Florida is a purple state


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dmoyyesterday at 8:18 PM

Kinda? Maybe?

Florida, at least for local Florida stuff, like what GP is talking about, has had R governor, senate, and house for 25+ years. With a supermajority R for most of that I think.

ch4s3yesterday at 8:19 PM

Not really anymore. The house seats are 20R and 8D, they haven't voted blue for president since Obama, and haven't elected a democrat as governor since the 90s. Voter registration is also heavily skewed republican.

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vkouyesterday at 8:19 PM

It was one 25 years ago.

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ks2048yesterday at 8:25 PM

Interestingly, both FL and TX had the same vote for Trump in 2024: 56.1%

lazyasciiartyesterday at 8:21 PM

The people, sure. The elected officials? Nope.

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rayineryesterday at 8:23 PM

It used to be, just like Virginia used to be solidly red. But Trump won Florida by more than Harris won New York.