
re Florida... My parents are in their 80's and don't live in Florida. But in talking to them over the weekend, they "saw" the holocaust and WW2, they saw fascism and they saw how life got better in the US over their lifetimes. They are seeing the USA at a crossroads and are fearful for their grandchildrem (my kids) and the country and world they will know. If our conversations are a proxy at all, then seniors understand what MAGA and Project 2025 will mean and could very much reject that this fall. With abortion being on the ballot in Florida and seniors who think like my parents, there could be a real chance. My mother is 91 and lives in central Florida. She is an immigrant American who naturalized in the late 1950's. Prior to 2020, my mother had never voted Democratic in her life. But she said in 2020, she and a number of her senior friends (all naturalized immigrants) realized how terrible Trump was for the immigrant and senior communities and they voted for Biden. Her county vote 50.66% for Biden in 2020 and it was the first time that county had gone blue since 1948. With a viable alternative to Trump, there are a lot of Floridians, especially a ton of Floridian seniors who will vote for Harris. Trump always touts his support from the Villages, but the Villages is NOT representative of the seniors in Florida. In 2020, Florida seniors voted slightly in favor of Biden. It is likely that Harris will take an even bigger portion of the senior vote, since Trump's policies are very hard on seniors. |
“Everyone else”?? ![]() |
+1 Completely delulu. |
They have to. With the overturn of Roe v Wade, their main wedge issue is gone. |
And so how did all of that go for her? Did it reduce illegal immigration? |
Dean Philips tried last year and was mocked by you people. |
But you are not articulating the issue. These people took out 60k in loans, for example, and have paid the $60,000 plus another $30,000 and still have 90,000 in loans. That is predatory. They have more than paid back their debt. |
My mother is 91 and lives in central Florida. She is an immigrant American who naturalized in the late 1950's. Prior to 2020, my mother had never voted Democratic in her life. But she said in 2020, she and a number of her senior friends (all naturalized immigrants) realized how terrible Trump was for the immigrant and senior communities and they voted for Biden. Her county vote 50.66% for Biden in 2020 and it was the first time that county had gone blue since 1948. With a viable alternative to Trump, there are a lot of Floridians, especially a ton of Floridian seniors who will vote for Harris. Trump always touts his support from the Villages, but the Villages is NOT representative of the seniors in Florida. In 2020, Florida seniors voted slightly in favor of Biden. It is likely that Harris will take an even bigger portion of the senior vote, since Trump's policies are very hard on seniors. The anecdotes about random grandparents are silly. Just stop. |
He ran and he didn’t win. |
My 92 yo mother, a life-long Republican, voted for Trump in 2016 because she (like a lot of R's I know) actually believed that he was a competent businessman who would be a positive change to Washington business as usual. She found 4 years of Trump horrifying---the constant chaos, the undignified and childish behavior---and for the first time ever voted for a Dem in 2020. Like the seniors described above, she vividly remembers WWII, fascism, and sees Trump as a frightening authoritarian wannabe who cares only about himself, not the country. She is very religious and nauseated by the evangelicals embrace of Trump. She will be pulling the lever for Harris. |
Kamala: we’ve been to the border. We’ve been to the border!
Lester Holt: You haven’t been to the border. Kamala: and I haven’t been to Europe either. The ads write themselves!! |
Miami Herald: Florida remains off the table for Democrats. https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article290288739.html |
The vast majority of voters are not going to care about or even know of this supposed distinction. She was widely known as being appointed to be the border czar. |
People were wondering why dems do as well as they do with women in Southern states. And the answer is quite simple: because they are actually seeing Project 2025 in action |