Category Florida History
Squeezing the Season: What Florida can learn from North Carolina and why Florida’s Hispanics have trended GOP since 2016 with Fernand Amandi
In this first edition of “Squeezing the Season” a special podcast we will run during Election season 2024, Democratic pollster and MSNBC contributor Fernand Amandi offers a frank look at why Florida’s Hispanic vote has shifted heavily toward the GOP since 2016 as well as an in-depth look at Democrats success in North Carolina and […]
Kamala Harris is closing the gap in Florida- here is why
Quick video today without the usual set up to talk about the momentum VP Harris has in Florida and the reasons for it. We’ve gone from predicting a double-digit victory for Trump to Florida is very close and continues to tighten. Here are the reasons why.
New Florida election podcast coming soon
First off an apology to readers – I’m VERY late wading into the political season this year due to extensive professional commitments and family health considerations which don’t relate to this site or electoral politics. But we’re hoping to make that up to readers and followers for the home stretch. In addition to the new […]
Why Democrats lose: It’s the exurbs stupid, Part I
Democrats have become sure fire losers in Florida turning a purple state into a deep red one. How did this happen? We discuss this in a new series.
Voting Trend Podcast: the debate aftermath
Kartik Krishnaiyer and I discuss the last debate, the impact that it has on the election, and how traditional conservatives, like Dick Cheney, found themselves endorsing Kamala Harris. Link here: https://open.substack.com/pub/votingtrend/p/how-can-the-debate-change-the-election?r=624o2&utm_medium=ios
Savannas Preserve State Park: Gopher Tortoise Trail
The Gopher Tortoise Trail at Savannas Preserve State Park
It’s the exurbs stupid! That’s why Democrats lose!
Soon we will begin a new video series discussing why Florida is so Republican today, unlike just 12 years ago.
The legislative impact of George Smathers
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we were joined by MSNBC Contributor Fernand Amandi to talk about the legislative impact of Senator George Smathers who represented Florida in the US Senate from 1951 to 1968. His closeness to power is something no other Floridian has achieved – before or since. You can listen to the […]
Savannas Preserve State Park: White Trail
The White Trail at Savannas State Park is accessed from the Port St Lucie entrance of the park
Rembering the 1935 Keys Labor Day storm
The National Hurricane Center in 2014 reclassified the 1935 Keys Labor Day Storm, one of the greatest tragedies in Florida’s History as the strongest storm to ever hit the US mainland. The storm hit 83 years ago today on September 2, 1935. One of the great tragedies of the Labor Day storm was the death of hundreds of […]
The Florida Squeeze 