Category Florida History
Medicare for All is the Democrats’ winning issue, but they aren’t using it.
A recent paper from two Columbia University political scientists indicates that Democrats are missing the boat on Medicare for All. Read more at Voting Trend
US win T20 Cricket World Cup opener
The U.S.A. celebrated the arrival of World Cup cricket coming to the country for the first time with a thrilling victory over Canada in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 on night of June 1. Batter Aaron Jones of USA lit up the opening night, smashing a record 10 sixes […]
Florida State House voter swing
Voting Trend will be doing a number of legislative swing rates for a number of states, with Florida being the first. In this interactive map, you will be able to see the partisan swing ratings for each Florida State House district. You can click here to access the map, which is shown below. Subscribe to Voting Trend […]
The American Conquest of Florida.
Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and General Andrew Jackson were all obsessive about Florida. Between 1784 and 1819, several armed conflicts took place in Florida which involved the natives, runaway slaves, the British, the Spanish and of course the Americans. In this book we take a comprehensive deep-dive into Florida’s eventual conquest by the United States […]
Intro to our Second Seminole War series
We introduce our podcast series on the Second Seminole War with this podcast. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and listen on your iPhone if you do not […]
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.
The decline of Walt Disney World in the 1990’s and 2000’s
We conclude our Disney podcast series with a somber episode about what has happened to the theme park of yesteryear. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and listen […]
Why Florida is unwinnable for Democrats
Those of us who were involved, or at least deeply interested, remember the 2000 Presidential Election in Florida like it was yesterday. National news outlets were flipping back and forth as to who won the State of Florida’s 25 electoral votes. But those of us ‘in the know’ weren’t watching television, but were glued to […]
The Florida Squeeze 