Monthly Archives: May 2024
Broward County, the Democrats Ticking Time Bomb
If you are a Democrat in Florida, there is one thing that is certain each election cycle; Broward County is your anchor. No need to spend money in Broward because it will take care of itself. But in 2022, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist dipped below 60%, deviating from the norm. To put it in […]
Broward County’s relative decline vs other southern progressive strongholds
Democrats in Florida count on Broward County to produce the sorts of margins for the party’s nominees that can keep the state as a whole competitive. But truthfully that is no longer the case. The county that once gave Lawton Chiles three times his statewide margin of victory and as recently as 2016, was a […]
Florida’s Disney Decade – from 1981
Florida and Disney were riding high entering the 1980’s. This video is a real time piece that encapsulates much of the optimism of my childhood in this state.
Jeffersonian Florida – Pork Choppers and Civil Rights
As Florida modernized, Jeffersonians tried to hold the state back in terms of attracting business and advancing on civil rights.
FDOT workshop on Turnpike expansion from Fort Pierce to Yeehaw Junction
One of the longest stretches of expressway in the entire country without an exit has so much traffic now and so many accidents they may need to expand it. Florida’s continued population growth is completely out of control as this reminds us.
Are registered Democrats being purged in Florida?
Prominent Democrats have taken to Twitter claiming that they are victims of a targeted purge, but does data support their claim? Over the last couple of months, Florida Democrats have claimed that they are victim to Republican purging of voters due to the enactment of Senate Bill 7050. However, the numbers don’t seem to support […]
Will abortion prove the key issue to revive Florida Democrats fortunes?
No. I know that’s the short answer, but it’s the correct one. In addition to why it’s statistically impossible for Democrats to win statewide in Florida right now, the messaging is too specific. With the new 6-week abortion ban now in effect, the saliency of the abortion issue in the state has increased. Overall in Florida, […]
The slow death of Twitter’s usefulness
Complaints about Twitter, sorry I mean X under Elon Musk are numerous. Beyond whatever increasingly unhinged societal views Musk expresses as well as the increase in outwardly sexual content that seems to be promoted by its proprietor there are several reasons why the platform has become increasingly useless to someone like me who is in […]
The Florida Squeeze 