How Republicans conquered Florida

[@Vox]

This video is part of a larger project at Vox, all about Florida. Vox’s reporters looked into what makes the state tick, from the economics of Disney World to who’s actually been moving to Florida and why. Check it out here: www.vox.com/e/23628509 And if you liked this video and want to learn more, I highly recommend this story by my colleague Nicole Narea - it’s a much more in-depth look at the forces behind Florida’s shift to the right and its growing importance to the national Republican Party: www.vox.com/e/23612938 Thanks for watching! Let us know what other states you think we should look at and why! -Adam

[@imindubwetrust]

Thank you so much for the knowledge. Keep it up!

[@cantbothernaming]

Please follow Hawaii, there political views are very interesting

[@rakon3163]

@@cantbothernamingHow so? I don’t know much about the political situation there.

[@rakon3163]

Colorado and New Mexico would be interesting to look at. They’ve both kind of had the opposite trajectory of Florida.

[@Spartlee]

😊😂😊😊

[@yayztheinsane]

Consider this: After 2024, Florida is more red than New York is blue.

[@mr.f6215]

Good comment, but happy to share that NY is red with the exception of three major cities: New York, Syracuse and Buffalo.

[@KushalKand3l]

And albany ​@@mr.f6215

[@sheevpalps3846]

@@mr.f6215 That's how most of the country is.

[@sheevpalps3846]

I think that fact is true only this election because of low dem turnout in NY, but moving to future elections, FL is now solid red and will not be a swing state again for a long time to come.

[@bretert]

Low Dem turnout allover the country, Kamala has zero appeal to swing voters and the democratic party is a party of conformity so noone was allowed to adress this issue.

[@koshka02]

Florida is definitely Red. But somehow Arizona and Georgia are now Purple.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

would also add TX. Since it was only R+5.58% in 2020. From being R+22.87 in 2004. Since it was their peak.

[@elmandarin1002]

​@@onomatopoeia162003finally lol

[@Advent3546]

There is a good chance Texas could go purple too.

[@doujinflip]

In the interest of humanist progress, I'd say it's better to trade in energy and food-rich Texas for the literally sinking Florida.

[@chemistryguy]

​@@Advent3546 I wouldn't hold my breath

[@TimeBucks]

High-quality research and data visualization

[@Shilpibegun1990]

Good

[@Aseal223]

Good

[@souvikmondal8575]

👍

[@fhggaming777]

Good video

[@Deepak_4578]

Nice 👍

[@Shizzo_kamishiro]

Not surprised, I am Brazilian and come from extremely right leaning family and I know several other Brazilians and Latinos who vote republican and yes were from Florida.

[@fishconnoisseur]

As a native born Floridian, something funny I’ve seen among Cuban Americans is an irrational hatred of the Democratic Party due to the Democrat, JFK’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion. I think that the Hispanic vote is very important in Florida, and for now it’s firmly republican thanks to the Cuban population.

[@JokeswithMitochondria]

we need a new party tbf

[@sterlingarcher8041]

@@JokeswithMitochondria hey man i got intrigued by ur name so clicked on ur channel. Your entire profile is a mood rofl

[@tomhappening]

@@sterlingarcher8041 thanks for pointing it out xd. Best click of the week

[@Listenimtooshyalright]

biden is so old

[@Tacom4ster]

I'm a Cuban and an anarchist..... though I'm also second generation immigrant

[@beej1300]

One thing not mentioned is the lack of higher level Democratic options for the ticket. When the candidate who won the Governorship in 2006 as a Republican is the best option the Democrats can put forward in 2014 AND 2022 (and loses both times), there is a obvious lack of viable options for the Democratic party.

[@karenryder6317]

You are quite right. This factor does need to be mentioned because the push for incarceration under "Chain-gang Charlie" (when he was a Republican governor) fell most heavily on blacks, and that group, a strong Dem constituency, may have just stayed home when he turned out to be the Dem candidate against DeSantis.

[@alexanderdelarge5103]

Democrats in Florida were somehow convinced that a guy with a track record of mostly losing elections that happened 10+ years ago was a better candidate than the only Democrat holding office at the time (Nikki Fried)

[@ibewill]

Because good candidates don't want to waste running in Florida they won't win

[@bboygaf3384]

“One thing not mentioned” They literally talked about bad dem candidates at the end of the video

[@tharindukottegoda989]

Also the Florida Democratic party is a mess of local parties, see the MCI maps newsletter if you're interested in this kind of thing

[@silver6380]

An interesting note about Cubans: They were always a strongly Republican demographic, but in the 2000s they began drifting toward the Democratic Party. In 2016, Cubans voted the most D they ever have. Yet, in 2020 they did a sudden total reversal. Polling on specific issues shows that the reversal extended to more than party - Cubans had been slowly and steadily becoming less and less opposed to ending the Cuba embargo for years, and that reversed too, at the same time and just as dramatically.

[@Maelstromme]

How?

[@silver6380]

@@Maelstromme Well, that's the mystery.

[@dariemperez6833]

Obama befriended Raul Castro, while making it more difficult for Cubans to claim asylum. This strengthened the dictatorship in Cuba while at the same time making it harder to escape it. That destroyed the reputation of the Democrats among many Cubans.

[@docjoe86]

@@dariemperez6833But Hillary did better than Obama with Cubans. The swing was during trump’s term.

[@hegidaniel7724]

because during 2016 election, trump attacked rubio who is a popular senator and representation from cuban community.@@docjoe86

[@Xonikz]

I was attending a conservative college in the panhandle of Florida during that election year in 2000. The school Deans, professors, and chapel speakers heavily pushed the idea of registering as a resident in Florida and voting for Bush. There were far mare than 500 kids, myself included, that voted as Florida citizens rather than doing absentee ballots for our home states.

[@cohenfreeman1819]

this happens the other way now a days i go to ucf and that's all this is right now

[@hanyuzhu7276]

Pensacola Christian?

[@liveforthelordbeforeitisto5141]

Likewise I did about exactly the same thing.

[@pinkmann8399]

liberals do this, only a lot more - they're always courting immigrants as well, their primary demographic. Dems LOVE immigrants and as a result literally every minority votes blue in a monolith with no exceptions, while White Americans vote red (minus the WASPy west coast and new england, full of wokies and blue bloods respectively)

[@scepticsquirrel]

​@@cohenfreeman1819Fullerton?

[@danielmortimer532]

People always seem to mention Cuban immigrants for the reason Florida turned Republican. But they forget the massive influx of baby boomers from across the country moving to Florida for retirement in the last several years that also added to the right wing shift, since boomers almost entirely vote Republican also. They're also the demographic with the most active voters, which has a drastic effect on local government.

[@dunggg]

We should cut Social Security so the boomers can feel the pain they created

[@ixis]

Also gerrymandering.

[@TheEverFreeKing]

Boomer Cuban alliance for the Win💪

[@TheEverFreeKing]

​@@ixiskeep crying about it 😎☝️

[@ConradNeill]

@@TheEverFreeKing Your win will be everyone's loss, and that includes you. You just don't see that yet because you are blinded by the pro-wrestling style tribalism right-wing politics seems to require these days.

[@RickJaeger]

This happens sometimes, and it's always interesting to see it happen. I wasn't alive to see California go blue, but I was for Virginia to go from purple to bluish, and Florida to go from purple to red. The Midwest and Pennsylvania trending red, and Colorado and other western states trending blue. One has to be reminded that history is not just a result, but a process. We're always living through it.

[@jonathanbowers8964]

I wouldn't say the Midwest as a whole is "trending red". Michigan is snapping back to blue in a dramatic way (the Dems got their first trifecta in 30 years at the state level). Pennsylvania is mostly staying steady as is Wisconsin as they become the new bellweathers. Sure Ohio has gone red, but they haven't gone as far red as Florida and their state GOP at least has a modicum of restraint (not much, but they do pull back sometimes). Indiana was always very red. Illinois is staying blue and mostly losing red voters (good riddance) so will probably get a tad bit bluer.

[@osheridan]

​@@jonathanbowers8964 As someone who doesn't really understand the terminology of US politics I love the colour description

[@ChrisBear1989]

Illinois has always been Blue, and it continues that way(Part of the midwest). If the Republicans keep acting the way they do, they'll slowly lose more of their power.

[@RickJaeger]

@@jonathanbowers8964 Sure, it's always more complicated and fluid than that.

[@hanyuzhu7276]

@@jonathanbowers8964Didn’t Trump win Ohio by like 8 points but only won Florida by like 4? Also Trump literally improved his percentage margins in Illinois so idk what are you talking about

[@felipesadventures]

I am from Miami and there has always been a huge majority of conservative Latinos. Most people here speak Spanish. It is not very Mexican but much more Caribbean with the majority Cuban. But you can find people from every Latin country here. Most people from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and other countries vote conservative based on their perspectives of leaving their countries and governments, many of which have oppressed the people.

[@ShawnLH88]

Strange that they vote against their own interests because conservatives are 90% white and specific viciously hate minorities ….

[@chad2522]

Are you saying they left conservative counties or they are leaving socialist countries? I think I know what you mean just confused.

[@nymike06]

The Democrats love oppression, slavery, censorship and outsourcing jobs.

[@adriant396]

we left countries destroyed by socialism so yeah we dont want that to happen here as well @@chad2522

[@pedroivo81]

@@chad2522they vote republican because they lived under socialist governments in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Argentina and many others. They see the democrats trending to be more socialist than before so they vote whoever is in the other side.

[@gtramerica4565]

Update ! Florida just shifted red by 14 points ! It’s done Florida isn’t a swing state anymore same with Texas it swung right 14 points !

[@pablonavaduran1638]

It true, wait until the 2028 election when Texas will swing to the left but it likely vote republicans. Florida will become more conservative than Texas by 2028

[@Ryan2022]

Texas was never ever a swing state no matter how much you Democrats keep saying that except for Biden in the last 40 years the Democratic candidate for president in Texas typically gets about 44% of the vote. Kamala got 42%.

[@chad3358]

I'm always surprised and disgusted at how much money American political parties spend on politics and their elections.

[@jeffwilliams2828]

Don’t be surprised, it hurts Americans. And if Republican voters can hurt non-white people in the process they’ll almost always pick the more corrupt or counterproductive option.

[@Zachattackisrad]

It's all a money game on both sides

[@airtale.p]

@@Zachattackisrad No. It's 100% for republicans, and 50% for democrats.

[@leactive609]

@@airtale.p Where are these numbers from? Both parties spend huge amounts of money on elections equally.

[@francismarion6400]

​@airtale8725 There's more rich Democrats than Republicans. More Democrat lawyers too.

[@SolCanal-c2r]

As a no-party, Floridian Cuban, I can say this was really well done. I think it'll bridge a lot of gaps of knowledge between groups.

[@kuba2ve]

Espero que no traiciones a los tuyos, votando por el partido que apoya a la dictadura, y quiere convertir a los EEUU en una porquería socialista más....

[@EdrEnterprises]

bffr

[@RichardBaran]

Any idea why your fellow Cuban's left authoritarian just to try to vote for it in the US? Trump & DeSantis are authoritian, especially Trump.

[@MaxAbramson3]

Crime, taxes, school choice, national defense, and rising inflation are the main reasons why people are leaving the Democrats and voting Republican.

[@ragnarkekkonen5660]

Pecho frío

[@courtneyshannon2621]

I would love it if Vox did a similar video on Colorado over that same time span. It was definitely "red" circa 2000, but it has shifted purple, and finally to pretty much expected blue. Maybe it's just "the Denver Metro area got bigger" and it's not as complex as Florida, but I used to live there and I would like to see the numbers behind that.

[@nuzzi6620]

It’s definitely just a “liberals in big cities” thing. Same situation playing out in Texas. Increasingly blue city-islands in oceans of red.

[@Arya_amsha]

Latinos of Mexico

[@RafaleKez4]

Or one on California, or NY - but we all know they'd never admit it.

[@HighInPotassium]

Do your own research then instead of waiting for someone else to do it for you.

[@kjhuang]

​​@@nuzzi6620The situation in Texas is more complicated than that. A lot of the Democrats' gains have been among not big city liberals, but moderate suburbanites repulsed by Trump (see Fort Bend and Williamson Counties for the most dramatic examples). Meanwhile, redward shifts among Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley is keeping the state Republican.

[@86kickass]

Easy answer before watching the video: Latinos for Trump. The media tried to paint Trump as racist and ultimately they failed 😂

[@kingsfan222]

Kind of stuff I suspected but was really nice to see everything on charts. Was nice to see how small of an influence that new registered voters moving to the state had as well as how the Democrats gave up funding Florida. Very good video.

[@CiabanItReal]

National Dem's giving up on states to focus elsewhere is a tale as old as time. Iowa, Kentucky etc all used to be BLUE states. Dem's gave up on them. The south until the late 90's early 2000's was consistently very Dem. That's the region of the country that produced Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Edwards, they currently have a Dem in North Carolina as Gov. But as soon as states start being uncompetitive for Dem's for a couple of cycles they just give up on them. Ohio used to be a swing state for like 100 years. Now it's solidly red. You could see Dem's give up on Michigan and Wisconsin in a couple cycles and just focus on Arizona, Nevada, Georgia maybe Texas.

[@cayuun]

i believe Ohio is much closer flipping blue than in Florida in foreseeable future having many urban centers of comparable size. One would have to campaign in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, and Dayton to properly mobilize all those wells of democratic votes. It's not like, say, PA, where you have only Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia area, or Nevada, where it's Vegas....or even Georgia--Atlanta and Savannah.

[@cypothingy]

Well researched and intelligently presented. Nicely done video.

[@alicemadness999]

wow i havent seen a pfp like that in forever

[@cypothingy]

@@alicemadness999 when it was the default it was perfect, when they changed it I sought it out and made it mine again. Just captures that era

[@10thletter40]

I- it was okay

[@DefenestrateYourself]

@@10thletter40 why are you stuttering lol

[@user-cw1ht6vc4k]

Please do more descriptive videos such as this for other states! This was extremely interesting and informative! 💯💯

[@edgarhigareda2022]

They won’t do one that says how democrats conquered California because before 1980 in CA it was red!

[@miamiexplorer6451]

I moved to Florida from California. Thank the lord. Florida is what my soul needed.

[@BringBackCyParkVendingMachines]

No way

[@miamiexplorer6451]

@@BringBackCyParkVendingMachines Way indeed. Warm ocean water and outdoor activities all year round.

[@carboy101]

Just don’t ruin our state with your California garbage

[@ItsTheTaxCollectorYT]

@@miamiexplorer6451 Welcome! I’m a native Floridian

[@UmQasaann]

​@@miamiexplorer6451Have fun with climate change, it's not a paper tiger.

[@GillianSeed]

Every time a lib said "Latinx" a Florida Hispanic voted Republican and here we are.

[@shadycnetwork]

That is so true. I mentioned that in my comment. White liberals are constantly worried about offending people that they go too far in political correctness and end up offending everyone.

[@saikikusuo7937]

I still have never heard anyone actually say the word latinx in this state

[@shadycnetwork]

@@saikikusuo7937 in-person neither have I but you always hear it online.

[@squanchmastersquanch4376]

Lol. I hear ya bro.

[@CountArtha]

@@saikikusuo7937 Exactly. You only heard it in the Democrats' messaging, which made them sound weird and off-putting.

[@davidbarts6144]

I dealt with the Florida Democrats as a campaign volunteer in 2016. They were comically inept and disorganized. They couldn’t even furnish me with an up-to-date script for the phone calls to voters I was supposed to make! The Republicans have not won Florida; the Democrats have lost it.

[@daveoceanic5]

Reaping a crop sown decades ago, and now it's a lost cause. The DNC was right to give up on the Florida Democratic Party; those resources are needed in races where the Democrat can actually win. Democrats don't compete in Mississippi for the same reason.

[@EdmBassHead]

If democrats lost Florida and republicans are a majority then who still won? Democrats can’t get it together so ultimately will lose :))

[@spondoolie6450]

We vote our values, not whoever the stranger calling me tells me to vote for.

[@EdmBassHead]

@@spondoolie6450 I think America is slowly losing its identity if the “values” have been stretched big time because each sides have complete opposite values. One wants to ban guns, open borders, abortion at a very late 9 months, child organ mutiliation which they don’t even know how to count to 100 yet. America is losing its identity and becoming a bizzare one

[@berrymckockiner5883]

And you'll never get it back

[@stevensmith4241]

Do you have a similar video on Ohio? We were a swing state that voted with the election winner almost every year until 2020. We also have Republican supermajorities in our Congress.

[@tomspitler3353]

Review the historical border state precinct differences between Ohio and Pennsylvania and the 2020 election versus other years. This will be a shocking story.

[@notshane3827]

only in ohio 💀

[@johnmat4678]

God bless Ohio.

[@aznsensation44]

yup Ohio is solid red now

[@Nether1847]

Also from Ohio, solid red, it's people are not.

[@m.a.1998]

TLDR; Why did Florida turn red? Main reasons: 1 Republicans moved there 2 Latinos are voting Republican 3 More "No party" (& less Democrat) voters Other reasons: 4 Trump presence 5 Better Republican campaigns & popular candidates 6 Less Democrat campaign spend (they gave up)

[@democracylives8448]

Excellent topic choice, research, and presentation. Vox bringing in a fresh approach to journalism, gives me hope for the US’s potential energy in the next generation to exist in actual reality again!!

[@mbstrongs]

Completely agree! I think as the mainstream networks (CNN, MSNBC, FOX) all become so polarized and devoid of fact, Vox is a welcome sight. It is my personal belief that if you want to follow the news, you should follow 3 places: The Hill (center), Vox (Left-wing, but very fact based), Daily Wire (Right-wing, but very fact based)

[@RightCorrections]

​@@mbstrongslmao, brother said daily wire 😂

[@bwofficial1776]

@@RightCorrections What about the Daily Wire? He also said the Hill and Vox.

[@Der.Geschichtenerzahler]

Translation: they say what I wanna hear. I read similar comments at Fox News

[@mota478]

People really still don't know what a bot account.

[@BuildinWings]

Even insurance companies think Florida is a money pit. Stop bailing it out and focus on helping the people willing to relocate to an area that doesn't need rescuing every couple months.

[@alexs1640]

The Fed needs to stop sending funds over there, for migrants since they bus them out anyway, for hurricanes since Republicans in FL votes down hurricane relief funds for other states, and many other things. Republicans want small government, I'd say give it to them and see how that works for them.

[@notlogical4016]

the fed needs to stop existing@@alexs1640

[@Left_hand_clapping]

Florida is only going to get worse with regard to home insurance and the cost of living. As that happens I want the GOP to be consistent and keep government out of the problem and let the benevolence of laissez faire capitalism take care of everyone.

[@motorizedvehiclehegemony4107]

I agree. There are political Swing States in the North which contributed many old Red voters to Florida and are losing population. Filling the gap left behind in the North with progressive Floridians gets them climate change protection as well

[@askeladd60]

California is having the same insurance issues on top of its massive homelessness and petty theft problem. Hence why people are flocking to Florida and Fleeing California.

[@elleberry8011]

This was so interesting; I grew-up in Missouri which used to be a Bellwether state, but clearly is not anymore. I haven't seen much national conversation about this and would love to see something similar re: that topic.

[@danielzhang1916]

it's not just Florida, we are in the middle of another great migration, Georgia NC and others are turning blue

[@survivalsuiters5982]

@@danielzhang1916 North Carolina is stagnant

[@crimsonghost4107]

@@survivalsuiters5982 i feel like NC will go blue eventually due to the growth of the RTP area

[@chad2522]

@@danielzhang1916NC is a solid red state. Two republican senators, republican supermajority in the house, and red in elections. Just because it’s close does NOT make it a swing state.

[@taylorphillips7030]

​@chad2522 The strong hold the Republicans have in the NC state house is due to gerrymandering. NC is definitely purple now, but it'll be a while before local elections catch up.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

I appreciate the academic approach to an ongoing shift in political perspectives. Nothing happens in a vacuum and I’m of the opinion that even extreme viewpoints can change when facts are presented in an easily digestible manner. Really interesting how the people who are making money in this country right now are either involved in the supply chain, finance, real estate, law practices and advertising.

[@tw8464]

Well said especially the last part

[@kirschitz64]

An interesting inverse to Dems in Florida is Republicans in Colorado: the state was a GOP stronghold with Bush comfortably winning it as recently as 2004, but Dems have carried the state every election since 2008. Colorado's last GOP senator, Cory Gardner, was defeated in 2020, and their gubernatorial and senate candidates were routed by large margins in 2022. The state GOP has been having comical amounts of infighting and it is also possible that they may lose another house seat come 2024, since Boebert was only re elected by 500 votes or something.

[@Carewolf]

And Arizona is next. With the Republicans running with the nuttiest nuts they have available, that just doesnt appeal outside their bubbles.

[@Tyler-Wiley]

People from Cancerfornia moved there and turned it blue.

[@ziraprod6090]

@@Tyler-Wiley Yep.... and they got rich... so they think they are doing righteous by voting for Dems... Like HollyWood.

[@flash012234]

@@Tyler-Wiley Saying that with an anime profile pic makes me laugh

[@kaym7704]

When people vote, especially the young, Republicans lose.

[@bennobuhler5096]

As an european (german to be exact), it's always interesting to learn about american politics and how seemingly simple, yet internally complicated it is. Also i love this channel in general😁

[@blunderingfool]

Vox is a discredited sloshpit mate, it's like trusting the BBC at this point... you know, that state backed media org that is on record as lying multiple times.

[@heyaisdabomb]

There's several things you as a German probably don't know about why our system is so broken. The biggest being that they don't teach critical thinking in grade school here, i.e. kindergarten through 12th grade. If you challenge a narrative (history is just an interpretation of events after all), teachers will scold you (as I was). College is the exact opposite here, where you are rewarded for asking questions about a narrative, or why something is the way it is. They don't teach you about fallacies either until college. This means the masses on a whole are easy to manipulate, as less than 25% of Americans have gone to college. They are told thinks like universal health care leads to dictatorship, even though as you know personally in Germany, it does not. They can't see through this because again, they are given examples like Cuba, and say "see, that's what universal health care will lead us into", but the majority of American people don't have the critical thinking skills to say "well how come Europe has it and they aren't full of dictators?". It's very easy to show that the narratives Fox news pushes for example are fallacies, but that side of the isle only sees the fallacies. They stick to their little bubble of news, and now with social media, it's easy to surround yourself with people who will reconfirm your incorrect narrative. And they don't have the education to question the narrative they are being fed, they just eat it up because it's easy.

[@outgroup]

​@@heyaisdabomb K-12 education in the U.S. is decentralized. School curriculums differ depending on the state and the school district. It really just depends where you get your education.

[@warrax111]

@@heyaisdabombSo , they basically makeing "Democrat-Jugend" from them

[@yesyes3010]

Florida = everything that is good about America 🇺🇲

[@JohnLynn-s9e]

Probably the only other big thing that's not mentioned in the death of the Southern Democrat in many southern states, that ended with the mass landslide elections of 2010. Reps like Allen Boyd in Florida's 2nd were in long time Dixicrat/Blue Dog Democrat areas and were defeated with general national trends going against Democrats in traditionally Southern areas.

[@womantraders]

Back in the Reagan era, Democrats had a massive House majority (240-260 seats) yet most of Reagan bills got passed cause there still was a conservative majority of Republicans, Southern Democrats and a few Democrats in the Midwest.

[@WillBoothe3]

Sonny Perdue in Georgia is another good example of southern dems flipping to the republicans in about 2000

[@theuglykwan]

Why did FL blue dogs last so much longer and drop off so dramatically? That is a side factor present in other states too. It isn't the main one.

[@MaxAbramson3]

That movement started in the 1920s, Followed by eisenhower winning a few southern states in the 1950s. Today, Democrats eject anyone who is pro life pro gun or openly opposed to socialism.

[@mrjuicejunior]

Meanwhile Georgia and maybe North Carolina:

[@giovannicherico3837]

Awesome reporting! The charts and the research help us understand the breakdown and shift of the voters in Florida. It provides us a model to look at.

[@Xeonerable]

The voting numbers increasing correlating to the massive spend that republicans did kind of exemplifies whats wrong with our system.

[@YG_39]

What specifically about our system are you suggesting is wrong?

[@taln0reich]

@@YG_39 the overblown importance of money on politics this implies? Since it means, that the intrests of people, groups or institutions with higher ability to spend money on politics take vast precendence to the intrests of everyone else.

[@mike_404]

@@taln0reichdid you not see the last chart on the video? Democrats aren’t even trying to spend money on Florida anymore. They could but they gave up

[@skoop651]

parties don't take over states without the votes of the people the winner leans closer to the peoples interests

[@outlawruby]

@@mike_404that’s kind of the point. When one party spends money and the other doesn’t then the one with more money usually wins. This is one of the things gatekeeping third parties from having more relevance in American politics since they lack the institutional funding dems and repubs get from their donors. It also means that large corporations and the wealthy have large influence over the policies pushed by both parties because political parties are so dependent on donors in order to win campaigns.

[@OMC_Papa]

This is brilliant. Simple, objective and so informative. So much information distilled into 10mins

[@nikilragav]

This is probably one of the best, well-put together, and statistically sound research Vox videos. Thanks for looking at the magnitudes as well and having a clear logic flow.

[@karlcheney]

What an amazing video. Great research and production quality!

[@thefpvlife7785]

Adam … this was amazingly well put together. Wow I truly enjoyed this. Thank you. I’m now a supporter to your work.

[@jeffreyswan8582]

A great in-depth look into a former bell weather state! Can you do one on Ohio sometime?

[@davidmehling4310]

As a Buckeye, I second that. Born in 1961 and as long as I could remember this was a swing and often bellwether state. Left in 2007, returned in 2020 to find a state where in all but eight of 88 countries at best, red victory in elections at all levels was a given. Some ideas could be loss of factory jobs, decline of coal, dramatic decline in union membership, Fox being the "news" of choice

[@monsternotgangster6984]

as an ohioan i can try to explain a little bit also. Lets take a look at Ohio historically, the Dems did very good in Northeast ohio and lake shore ohio and broke even with GOP in coal country. They did mildly in other areas, like central ohio, and northwest ohio and got oblierated in south west ohio. Since then, northeast ohio has had a massive population exodus, and coal country has become more red. Obama came around and was able to hold off Bush and Romney in southwest ohio meaning he lost 55-45 instead of 65-35 (they think Bush caused crisis and Romney killed jobs)and ran up the numbers in northeast, however he too got beat really badly like 70 -30 in even in the sizable southwest counties. Clinton, got dominated in southeast ohio cause dems had correctly, better late than never i guess, had become more climate aware and wanted to reduce coal. So its pretty obvious she got beaten pretty bad there, but the interesting thing is that she lost some of the big typically Dem counties like where Dayton is and where Toledo is and got obliterated in Southwest ohio. That combined with 3rd party and a general malaise for her amongst the union goers doomed her. Joe came through and got those traditionally Dem city counties back, and did better in union-gelical counties.... like Delaware county(don't listen to Chuck Todd, counties like Delaware are unionized evangelical and chamber of commerce both). Joe also got beaten 60-40 in southwest ohio.Neither of these last 2 dems have been able to get the traditionally dem lake shore ppl back, and all 3 of them did really poorly in southwest ohio (traditional R, evangelical chamber of commerce, farming, military). With the population of southwest ohio, especially cincinnati area, this is not great to still be losing 60-40 in the general area. So the moral of the story is, fossil fuel/ mining class in lake shore and SE ohio left in droves, and the college educated in the SW and even more college educated in central ohio (not talking about franklin) havent come in. Dems should focus in getting the lake ppl and the college educated imo. Pls ask some questions so we can have a discussion, this is fun.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Simple: Cleveland and Toledo have heavily declined and the growth in Columbus and Cincinnati is not enough to offset it. Thus the red rural areas outnumber the urban counties

[@chunkmen]

@@monsternotgangster6984 I myself am a conservative from Ohio (Im not a hard line republican voter but Dems haven't really presented anyone in my lifetime that I connected with.) I believe with the new Intel plant being built in Columbus it will attract alot of liberal voting people to the very high paying jobs there. Ohio I feel sits in a weird position of not really being a radical republican state but much more in line of the general mid west of being more bi-partisan or at least more reserved than the costal statue republicans and democrats.

[@justhereforthefoliage]

Cincinnatian here! Love to hear the conversation about OH! Ohio is becoming more Southern (politically speaking) than some Southern States (GA, VA, NC). This Tuesday, November 7, 2023 is going to be pretty wild with issues 1 and 2. What will be so interesting to see is how "Conservatives who value freedom, personal choice and less restrictive government" will choose to vote on two issues that will allow that freedom to increase.

[@buckyhermit]

Here in Canada, I think we're going to see a similar trend among the Chinese Canadian community, which makes up a large portion of the population in Toronto and Vancouver. The Conservative Party underperformed last election and has dumped a LOT of money into campaigns into Chinese Canadian communities since then, and also seems to have bought out the Chinese language media as well. Next election, I expect to see a lot of Chinese Canadians swing to the Conservative Party's side and I'm not sure if it'll swing back again anytime soon.

[@ricardobarahona3939]

Has the NDP done anything to get their vote since they are the ruling party in BC?

[@dariemperez6833]

Given the mess the Trudeau government has created, CP won't have to spend a lot of money on that, lol.

[@buckyhermit]

@@ricardobarahona3939You're talking about the provincial NDP there, not the federal one. I'm talking federal parties. But to answer your question, I don't think any BC party has been outstanding at reaching the Chinese Canadian population. I think they're all doing more or less the same.

[@buckyhermit]

@@dariemperez6833 Actually, quite the opposite. The Conservatives crapped the bed with the Chinese Canadian community last election. They lost several ridings with high Chinese Canadian populations that had been strongholds for years (even decades). So they had to spend a LOT in the Chinese Canadian community recently to try to win voters back.

[@SarastistheSerpent]

@@dariemperez6833Trudeau isn’t nearly as widely disliked in many parts of Canada as American media might insinuate. Especially in Quebec and the Maritimes, Trudeau is very well liked. Plus a lot of people feel there isn’t a good alternative to Trudeau. Singh is a bit useless, and Poilievre is very polarizing and controversial. Even though he tries to maintain a moderate approach, many see him as dragging the Conservative party in a more American conservative direction, which many Canadians don’t like.

[@noahbrown6961]

One of few Vox vids that doesnt push the lefts agenda and actually shows the facts. Very good job to the people who made this.

[@JeffBlanchard-Design]

Vox's visual storytelling--with research-based data and patient narrative--is some of the best I've seen (coming from a director at an innovation consultancy that has a foundational research capability).

[@JVDM1076]

This is top tier journalism. Good stuff

[@asdfmason]

Another wonderfully informative video, but your team always does SUCH an amazing job with the infographics, I'm always blown away!

[@alexalex8923]

Proud to be a Floridian ❤

[@captainjames8799]

Proud to not be from there 💙

[@marcosvidal4940]

ashamed of Florida with 3rd world laws and powers, but a lot of golf resorts. Citizens in Florida are not people. They are subjects

[@MarcoDiLiberti]

This video is absolutely awesome. Working every day with charts & figures ppl don’t realize how good these are. Kudos 🎉

[@nathanphicks]

This is a great video. I’d love to watch a similar analysis for Ohio!

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Yeah I don't think we are a swing state anymore. Republicans have firmly gained control here in Ohio the same as Florida. We voted for Trump instead of Biden in 2020 like Florida too. It was the first time Ohio had voted for the loser of the presidency instead of the winner in several decades.

[@Herdatec]

Imagine having a multy-party system

[@Vaginasaurus-Lix]

Imagine having a _"RANKED-CHOICE"_ Voting System!

[@normanclatcher]

Must be nice

[@christopherhook2141]

It would be like Brazil; fractured, bankrupt, and not getting anything done. They make OUR politicians like choir boys in comparison.

[@seanthe100]

So someone having only 20% of the vote can be relevant

[@tonyferrandino8770]

Excellent video, thank you. Very well done.

[@JoeMamasBasement]

I miss these kinds of videos from Vox, in-depth political analysis, at least that’s the content I prefer.

[@codyholt2358]

I'm not usually a fan of Vox at all, but I will say that this is actually very well put together and is a good example of solid, objective journalism.

[@mostlysunny582]

Lol this video is full of misinformation.

[@michaelday8838]

Same I was waiting for the moment where they called everyone racist.

[@JR-pr8jb]

You failed to note, in 2022 only HALF of Florida's registered Dems even bothered to vote. We are being betrayed by our weak, inept campaign bosses.

[@benjaminkell3726]

You lazy to mail in huh its someone else’s fallare can’t make some things up

[@dawsynasay4841]

@@benjaminkell3726Failure*

[@derrynelson4637]

I called Democratic Party Registered Voter’s to see If they going out to Vote or Encourage them to Vote. You know 50 percent of the African American Voters didn’t get out to Vote. Plus you Have Voting Districts the Republican Majority House Gerrymandered and Cut up A lot of Democratic Party Voting Districts.

[@zm1786]

@@derrynelson4637 because they no longer feel represented by democrats. maybe if democrats focused on the economy people would go out and vote for them. instead they pride themselves on replacing American workers with immigrants that work for less. I'm sure thats what the struggling black community needs right now, more competition for jobs.

[@kyle6781]

And trump just flipped miami dade county a few days ago!!

[@millionsofmarks]

Also, Florida has the highest percentage of old people and they are usually very conservative and tend to vote red.

[@doujinflip]

Makes me wonder how much of this conservative surge is merely the terminal input of privileged Boomer retirees before they're buried under(water).

[@Sam-TheFullBull]

that’s nowhere near the right answer since lots of old people in florida are old liberals

[@buggs2024]

@@Sam-TheFullBull a lot of the old conservatives i find tend to retire in states like Arizona where there are less storms.

[@emem2863]

That is a recent phenomenon. Most old people moving to Florida traditionally come from the Northeast, a traditionally Democratic area that votes blue.

[@GustavoCaucayo]

Lol you really need to watch the video

[@zarplex2003]

I thought I was going to get really depressed watching this and truth be told I really should be, lol. But this was really explained without negativity and just pure facts. I appreciate that.

[@karenryder6317]

What is depressing to me is the facts about how the Democrats stopped any significant spending in Florida. Why would they give up on such a large state with so many electoral votes? I believe our country is healthiest when there is a balance between the two parties. What can be done to revive the Democratic Party in our state?

[@zarplex2003]

@@karenryder6317 Ugh. I understand that feeling. I personally tried to get legislation passed in Virginia for getting the corrupting influence of money out of politics. Then kids happened and then side jobs happened, bla bla bla. Ya, in terms of money being spent, the DNC has abandoned Florida. So you do not have that balance, which is very unhealthy, like you're saying. And what's even more particularly frustrating is that a ton of retired old people who don't care about what's happening in Florida over the next twenty years are just mindlessly voting for Republicans. I know that Stacey Abrams and others led brilliant grass roots efforts in states like Georgia in order to flip them blue, though.

[@admiralkaede]

no we need more parties also if flordia turns blue would cali turn red to counter it if just red states go blue or "purple" but not blue states that is not balance@@karenryder6317

[@veronicamcghie5238]

​@@karenryder6317If you only have a limited amount of money to spend to try and win elections (which the Democratic Party does) Then it just doesn't make sense to spend money on a race you think (wrongly or rightly) that you're going to lose. Every dollar you spend in one state is a dollar you're not spending somewhere else.

[@dabears87_76]

​@karenryder6317 it you watched the video close enough you would know what needs to be done. Democratic policies were the biggest contributor to people moving to Florida similar to Texas. If you want Florida back to blue state you need to get other blue states to stop creating situations were people are willing to spend money to leave their state for Florida. No conservative wants to head West so that leaves the beaches of Florida.

[@Themaneman464]

I feel like this is the opposite version of what happened in California. As the Latino population grew in CA, the Democratic Party began to take hold and basically ran out the entirety of the Republicans. Basically, the Latino vote is very important.

[@santiagocarreno5881]

hardly disagree; you can argue the majority of Cubans and Colombians in Florida lean right (republican)

[@wiryantirta]

calling all latinos all the same is like calling all europeans the same.

[@Em35nyc]

Latinos are not a monolith, Democrats keep failing to understand this.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

@@santiagocarreno5881Nah. /

[@alexanderlin7721]

Which is funny because most conservatives in charge hate latinos and want to get rid of them. Ironically, it wouldn't be the USA without them

[@realnannob]

Cubans and Venezuelans dont vote for socialist, they learned it from their home countries.

[@wiljotiele7565]

In europe the demoncrates would be in the right spectrum of the political landscape, so its just a matter of perspective, demoncrates are far from socialist, but namecalling makes people affraid i guess

[@merlinbotha363]

@@wiljotiele7565 they aren't socialist but they use make believe socialist messaging

[@juanm8582]

Novody voted for socialism there. Chavez didnt call himself a "socialist" until after 2005-ish. And Cuba...do I really need to explain?

[@merlinbotha363]

@@juanm8582 you can call it whatever you want , we normal people call them liars and cheats

[@juanm8582]

@@merlinbotha363 Socialists = liars and cheats. I should know, im Venezuelan.

[@johnthwong]

High-quality research and data visualization. You don't even have to agree with Vox's leaning to see that the underlying analysis is insightful and persuasive. Great journalism as always, Vox Video!

[@dedgzus6808]

sarcasm much?

[@SeanFrench01]

Very good article here, the one thing not explored was how awful democratic turnout was in 2022. While republicans were expecting to win Miami Dade in this election, not as much can be said for Palm Beach which also heavily swung. But the Democratic Party in Florida is in shambles and we are often given very unpopular candidates. The actual democratic turnout was around 45% I believe while Republican was in the upper 60s%. That right there would hand someone a large win.

[@onionssuoiuo9066]

You've done great bringing Vox back.

[@cradle_of_chaos]

This is excellent work. The return of actual journalism?

[@BIGBADDIVAS]

This Vox video is spot on 100% It’s like they read my mind and saw my life through their lens.

[@RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia]

I live in Miami. This video is 1000% accurate.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Very good and helpful (informative) video. Good job VOX! The graphics make it easy to see the trends.

[@dosin784]

Florida mentioned 🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Now Georgia is the swing state

[@doodelay]

I live in Florida (Orlando, which is dem) and have always wondered why we keep voting Republican again and again over the years. This video couldn't have made things anymore clear. Thank you

[@DenLim123]

Have you even seen the state of affairs in democrat states? SF, New York and California are a complete mess 😂

[@rn6312]

@@DenLim123 Says your Facebook posts, Twitter posts and that's about it.

[@stevenrn6640]

The answer is simple. People for 10,000 years have fled tyranny, oppression and human deprivation toward freedom and opportunity. This is why people are fleeing in droves from heavy blue state like CA, NY and IL. Don't discount how people vote with their feet when they are allowed to move freely.

[@jumpersmile9841]

@@DenLim123 Firstly SF isn't a state, secondly, things are getting just as bad if not worse than those states down here in Florida. Our housing prices are going up but unlike those states, wages are not as high. Furthermore, insurance prices are ridiculous in Florida. I have a paid-off car (Honda Accord) and got the bare minimum in car insurance and pay nearly $200 a month. It's even worse for those who own homes as insurance companies have been bailing from the state. The only reason I'm still here is because I go to uni but once I'm done I'm moving up north, Florida is just not it.

[@criscross7362]

@DenLim123 are talking about the most important financial hub in the world, NY, and the high-tech center, California? I wasn't aware that Florida was exempt from any issues. Living in Florida is living in paradise, according to you. Whether we like it or not, those states have more developed and dynamic economies than ours, but as states, cities, or counties grow, so will the challenges.

[@francescourdih1470]

Imagine coming from a socialist country and thinking the Democratic party is socialist

[@RafaleKez4]

"I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for human pattern recognition"

[@drabyz1729]

They literally say they are socialist lol.

[@rc7625]

​​@@drabyz1729Ugh, no, they don't "lol". Outside of Bernie Sanders and AOC (who aren't even really socialists), who in the Democratic Party declares themselves socialist?

[@GloogleGloigle]

Low information, high disinformation voters.

[@TheSnapback]

@@rc7625 Not even Bernie Sanders is socialist lol, he calls himself a "democratic socialist" which is far from actual socialism. At this point it's just a buzzword Republicans like throwing around to make it seem Democrats are turning this country into a socialist state (they have been saying this for decades, it has never happened)

[@davidmarin3526]

What an amazing video! I did research on this trend in July of 2023

[@chinajazzcat]

This video is well done and I think postulates an interesting theory. The younger voters with no party affiliation is something I think needs to be explored a lot further. Is this happening outside of Florida? Do they tend to vote more liberal or conservative?

[@bonnielovely]

as someone that just moved from fl, younger generation is BEYOND liberal. they have extreme focus on human rights and personal freedoms. there were rampant walkouts (and still are) of students who oppose desantis. there’s a reason conservatives are spending more in florida than any other state, and why there is such a huge focus in devaluing public education. once the youth is old enough to vote, it’s over for them for other states i am sure there are other factors, but the conservative attack on public education is very apparent country-wide.

[@SC_LFC]

Today’s youth is very liberal and don’t even know if they are a man or woman. It’s a hot mess for the future of this country.

[@saikikusuo7937]

Younger voters across the country are overwhelmingly progressive compared to other demos, even here in florida that's true and ESPECIALLY in Miami Dade. While older populations here have grown more conservative, the young population is still consistently left about most issues.

[@thecomedypilot5894]

Younger generation of today tend to vote conservative.

[@thecomedypilot5894]

@@bonnielovelyAre you actually joking? Please tell me you're joking. The younger generation of today votes considerably Republican. I don't know where you're getting this information that they vote "beyond" liberal, but that's not nearly true at all. Especially in recent times like right now, younger people have started overwhelmingly shifting their vote from democrats to republicans. Go to any college campus or high school and you will quickly find out that at least over half the students support republican beliefs and ideologies.

[@penguwave4025]

I think the growing "No Party" group is the next thing to look into. There's so many reasons that I feel most people aren't talking about and just chocking it all up to "Florida is just red." It feels too reductive to be the case when I see "No Party" outnumbering either party.

[@christianmarly]

im European even tho I've looked at your system of voting I somehow feel I understood nothing, like if you're "no party" does that mean you can't vote for other parties? or it just mean you don't want to be associated to any of that and vote for whoever you want and remain as apolitical as possible? I understand that it is a system fit for such a large country, but the no party thing is new to me, note that I've never vote even in my own country, have a nice day :)

[@penguwave4025]

@@christianmarly if you are unaffiliated, you cannot vote in state elections. Specifically because parties run their own elections. So if you're a democrat, you can only vote in democratic elections, and thusly for republican ones. Once both parties have voted for their candidate, THEN everyone gets to vote, even those with no party (so long as they are registered to vote, which is a whole nother can of worms).

[@polarbear1713]

​​@@penguwave4025Geez, your first sentence really needs to be fixed. Non-affiliated voters can vote in state elections. They cannot vote in primary elections, which are elections to decide the candidate for a party in the general election, like you described afterwards. This is called a closed primary election system (for the other person).

[@penguwave4025]

@@polarbear1713 sorry, my bad. An error in the parlance. What I am trying to say is that non-affiliated voters cannot select the candidates, just vote on who is offered by the parties at the end of their whole cycle, or pencil in their own.

[@hereigoagain5050]

Actually there are more than 20 states with open primaries or non-affiliated primaries. Go figure! One good reason to be unaffiliated is to avoid endless solicitations for donations.

[@321_au]

Meanwhile in next-door Georgia, they're increasingly becoming a battleground state all over again (at least, on the federal level). How the times have changed.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

It's because Atlanta is a hotspot for liberals. 2/3 of Georgias population lives in the Atlanta metro

[@CountArtha]

Easier to get last-minute turnout in Georgia, if ya know what I mean

[@Nate12-]

City of Atlanta is a poop hole

[@tonyhill2318]

This series is fantastic!! Real journalism is so rare

[@mistadomino]

This was great and really well done.

[@fsk_hrtm]

that seemed to be really well researched and it was amazingly explained. Great job, thanks!

[@rangereric18]

You missed the part where Reagan gave amnesty to many of the Cubans that fled to the US during the 80s. That cemented the Cuban vote as Republican going forward. It should be noted that the same courtesy was NOT extended to Haitians fleeing their country around the same time. I wonder why.

[@Tyler-Wiley]

That move also turned California Blue.

[@mikeoxlong3676]

Cold War politics.

[@johnjirehgarcia8382]

"I wonder why" Because they're Black = Democratic voters.

[@marvinbrando722]

True

[@marvinbrando722]

​@@Tyler-Wiley The Mexican is lefty even in Mexico. So, where they go, they will always vote for the socialists That's the difference

[@worschtebrot]

This is what good election analysis looks like. Great job!

[@NafaratMiyaMiya]

Excellent deep dive, appreciate the work you guys do!

[@jacksonshubin7596]

Very good, honest journalism on this one 👍

[@chrisoffersen]

Solid journalism. Learned a lot

[@XterraDrew]

Thanks for the video!

[@BrazilianBeast45]

should be a sign that people are getting sick of polarizing politics

[@ricardobarahona3939]

How, Florida has some of the most polarizing and is clearly controlled by one party. The people who definitely don't like polarizing politics are in New Hampshire where the Dems and GOP differ way less compared to the rest of the country. Also states can become more dominated by a party by gerrymandering, that's why in NC the GOP dominates the state legislature when they only get half the vote every election.

[@txnmia8613]

I can think of few politicians more polarizing than Rhonda Sandtits

[@ricardobarahona3939]

@@txnmia8613 More polarizing with the same amount of power? There aren't many in that camp.

[@admiralkaede]

cali is also one party so is New york @@ricardobarahona3939

[@andrelirio]

Awesome video, guys. Excellent narrative and explanation of the graphs. Great job.

[@jackcurrence263]

So what you're telling me is that Team Blue took for granted that they would retain the Spanish-speaking vote?

[@alexc9434]

They kept promising they would take care of them and never did

[@karenryder6317]

@@alexc9434 What was promised to Latinos and then not proposed by Team Blue? Were there any anti-Latino policies proposed by Dems? Notice I said "proposed". It's worth noting that some things, like child tax credits and financial aid, that Biden proposed and they were voted down by Team Red!

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Racism ultimately

[@senorpedrosrooster]

Same with blue collars in the Midwest.

[@mmmd3429]

@@alexc9434 That could be a motto for both parties.

[@Grogu-485]

Not only Miami-dade County that went red but Palm Beach County as well.

[@venturatheace1]

If only the same could’ve happened in NY

[@ryanh357]

As a New Yorker, I couldn't agree more.

[@user-li4vy8mp9o]

I don't know much about US internal politics, but the republicans external politics seems unreasonable to me

[@armink9686]

​@@user-li4vy8mp9oTrump was the best president for people outside America. No wars started under his mandate.

[@davidfuentes9957]

5:07 : “These are the states with the largest Latino populations in the US.” New Mexico: “am I a joke to you?”

[@firebirdude2]

Latino means Cuban and Puerto Rican, to them.

[@defaultusername1145]

It probably bases it by count instead of rate considering the amount of highly populated states

[@jackcurrence263]

In terms of absolute numbers of Latino voters? Yes... New Mexico is a joke to them. As a percentage of the overall population, Latinos are (obviously) very well represented in New Mexico.

[@stuart4341]

New Mexico doesn't have that many people

[@o67_ant]

NM only have 2mil

[@matthewdez]

This is excellent journalism

[@Alex-xh9kv]

Florida hasn't had a Democrat governor since 1999 & the Democrats haven't controlled either chamber of the state legislature since 1996. The state started turning red in the 90's, not in 2022.

[@tw8464]

Exactly. When Florida started turning Republican that's when all the Florida pill mills started and destroyed West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. So sick and tired of the "trickle down" crime syndicate Florida SCAM

[@jokerofmorocco]

Although it was a swing state for presidential elections as Obama won both terms in Florida, and it can be argued that Gore won in 2000 but the election was rigged in Bush's favor

[@sluglife9785]

I dig this kind of micro data journalism.

[@NC-qc7wd]

In order for Vox to understand the whole issue of Florida, they need to investigate the history of immigration in Miami especially. Cubans and Venezuelans who arrived there first were rich people in their countries and who also had already connections with Miami. Only the Cubans are allowed to keep arriving on their boats but that's because the Cubans are in power in Florida.

[@sprockkets]

@SilverVibes18 Maybe we should explain to them that both parties hate Cuba in America and that the US and like one other country oppose removing the Cuban blockade.

[@narda1072]

@SilverVibes18lol

[@Gamer-zq5eb]

You should also do a video on the Muslim vote in Michigan. They used to vote majority Republican before 9/11, then instantly flipped to Democrats, and now we’re seeing a clear trend back to the Republicans lately.

[@8is]

They're quite conservative, which is probably why the Republican party is a good fit for an increasingly amount of them.

[@rph8704]

Vietnamese also largely vote republican

[@johnnybravous]

@@8is This ^ it's why the muslim ban made no sense to me. They come from from a super conservative theocracy, like, these people help you. It's also why I'm conflicted on allowing immigration from super-conservative contries, cause you get people who regress us to match their home-life.

[@firebirdude2]

They believe in cutting off people's hands and disparaging women. It's no wonder they like the Republican party.

[@8is]

@@johnnybravous Muslims and christians/culturally christians are extremely different. They can't really work together that coherently politically speaking, but they still share some very general values. It's really not enough to really rile up the muslim vote for the Republicans and the Democrats usual strategy of just throwing money at minorities has still been very successful.

[@Bison162]

I’d love to help JoseMonkey and Vox in any way I can. Of course I’ll donate. Thanks for the great video, JoseMonkey!

[@Xylord79]

I'm surprised no stats were brought up about income and taxation. Florida is a famous retirement state and people with established wealth enjoy the lesser tax burden there. It's even a huge consideration for pro sports players that have a chance to go to play for teams in that state. That has to account for a huge reason why they have swung more red.

[@SA-hz1rs]

lol,, what? California teams get way more free agents than poorida does. Its not even close

[@han1218]

And Florida is one of the few states that had a balanced budget during Covid. Also very cheap college in state tuition. They’re doing it right.

[@Sanyu-Tumusiime]

Couldn't agree more! I'm thinking of moving to Flroida, from Texas! @@han1218

[@jwanie366]

It’s gonna be interesting to see how next year’s elections will go in Florida. I expect Republicans to win the majority of those races, but the real question for me is how close will they be? On the flip side, states that were previously solid R like Arizona have now become competitive

[@thomashowe1509]

Yeah i doubt it will be close. The shift FL has experienced is too dramatic to stop even in one election cycle.

[@JoeMamasBasement]

I say the same thing, look, we elected Trick Scott in 2018 right under our noses in a blue wave year. No one, I’m telling you, NO ONE, actually likes Rick Scott- arguably the most morally corrupt and evil politicians in America. If Debbie Mucarsel-Powell can’t BEAT him in 2024 which will be hard, then Florida will not even has the potential to be blue within the next 15-20 years.

[@bwofficial1776]

Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio just won reelection by a landslide. I doubt things are going to slide back towards the Democrats.

[@danielzhang1916]

we are in the middle of another great migration, Georgia NC and others are turning blue, especially with so many people moving there in the last few years

[@RafaleKez4]

@@danielzhang1916 "If your state's policies are so good, then why did you leave?"

[@MuffinYoBusiness]

To younger people in Florida, please do not register yourself as independent. Florida is a “closed party state” meaning you can not vote for either Republicans OR Democrats. While I understand most of the complaints of both party’s this is only causing more problems for both in the end. As now, we have a large amount of independents that can’t vote for candidates that’ll have an actual chance in winning.

[@silaspetrich9703]

I agree that it’s a waste of their vote, but I think that’s the point. Voting for a third party is almost always done as a protest of the two party system, not really an attempt to get the third party elected

[@pipermurray1794]

We can still vote for the other candidate. We just have to vote with our party affiliation in primaries. The two party system is broken. For me, registering as an independent is a way to send our message to the government that we want better parties.

[@CBlargh]

@@pipermurray1794 OP left that out. I suspect she meant to type "closed _primary_ state". In the general, you can vote for whomever you want, but unless you register as a Democrat or Republican, you can't improve the candidates on offer who could possibly win.

[@Cutthroatrah]

It’s the same in NY. A blue state. Independents can’t vote in primaries.

[@g0r76mh1]

@@radancom1312 yea but ur an anarchist and you dont know anything

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Good job Adam. Nice reporting

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Oh man Gta 6 is gonna have a lot of satire to light up

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Here after Trump won the state by 13.1 points along with carrying Hispanic men demographic in the state

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great video and very informative.