Nearly 27% of GOP voters in Miami-Dade had voted by Wednesday, compared with 21% of Democrats and 14% of unaffiliated and third-party voters. Large numbers of voters in Miami-Dade – more than 487,000 – are not affiliated with either party, but turnout among those voters so far has been lower than for Democrats. Val Demings,during a campaign rally at Florida Memorial University, Tuesday, Nov. Charlie Crist, right, and Senate candidate Rep. “It’s really important for a state the size of Florida and the consequence of Florida – it gets on the right side of history again,” Biden said.ĪP President Joe Biden is joined on stage by Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. ![]() The county is nearly 72% Hispanic.Īt Tuesday’s campaign appearances in South Florida, Biden criticized DeSantis – widely expected to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 – as “Donald Trump incarnate” and said the governor’s race here was “one of the most important races in the country.” Ron DeSantis – and a lack of enthusiasm for his Democratic challenger, U.S. The swing toward higher Republican turnout in the county was widely interpreted as a sign of support among the area’s Hispanic voters for incumbent Republican Gov. Registered Democrats still outnumbered Republicans in Miami-Dade, but the latest figures indicated Democrats – at least so far – were voting in far fewer numbers than their GOP counterparts. Mario Díaz-Balart, the longest serving member of Congress in Florida. We're getting our butts kicked right now.” She was running against Republican Rep. “This is not what we expected,” said Christine Alexandria Olivio, the Democratic House candidate in Florida’s 26th Congressional District in South Florida. Less than a week before Election Day, Miami-Dade was looking more red than blue. They had provided a bulwark of reliably Democratic votes against less-populated Republican counties across Florida, including most of the Panhandle and southwest coast. The most populous county in Florida, Miami-Dade – with more than 1.5 million registered voters – has been a Democratic stronghold along the state’s Gold Coast with largely blue Broward and Palm Beach counties for a generation. If DeSantis takes Miami-Dade, he would be the first Republican to do so since Jeb Bush did back in 2002.In an extraordinary sign of trouble for Democrats in Florida ahead of Election Day, the number of registered Republicans voting in Miami-Dade County surpassed Democrats on Wednesday – one day after President Joe Biden visited the area on a campaign swing. “We’re the party of growth of opportunity and prosperity, and that if you come to this country, as a new immigrant, we want you to have the same wonderful economic advantages as everybody else…We want a beautiful economy for our people.” “We’ve reached out, you know, our message is the same no matter which community we speak to our message is the same,” Campaign Director for the Miami-Dade Republican Party Kevin Cooper said. So far, through Wednesday, nearly 27% of GOP voters have cast their ballot compared to 21% for Democrats, with 14% identified as unaffiliated. “I believe that the Republicans have done a great job of fear-mongering and creating this idea that, that Democrats have become socialists for some reason, or that they’re communists, that they’re killing babies, and that they are doing the worst of the worst,” said Democratic candidate vying to represent Florida’s 26th congressional district Christine Olivo. Ron Desantis and a lack of enthusiasm for his Democratic challenger: former Florida Gov. Some voters believe it’s a sign of support among the area’s Hispanic voters for incumbent Republican Gov. The county is a Democratic stronghold, but early voting has indicated that Miami-Dade might be more red than blue. ( NewsNation) - Democrats in Florida are concerned as Miami-Dade, the most populous county in Florida with over 1.5 million registered voters, might turn red.
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