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Healing the Florida Democratic Party: Step 2 – Eliminate role of corporate lobbyists
The Florida Democratic Party itself has improved in recent years in terms of the role of consultants and outside vendors. Allison Tant’s time as Chair without question eliminated some of the more malign forces that have influenced the party through the years. But with Tant now leaving, some of those consultants are lining up behind […]
Healing the Florida Democratic Party: Step 1 – Leave Tallahassee
Florida Democrats are once again going through the motions of electing a new chair and directing a post-election inquest. This go-round feels somewhat different in the sense that the party has seemingly hit rock bottom and those around the establishment of the FDP are listening with more interest to the feedback coming from those of […]
What’s wrong with Volusia? Pasco? Brevard? Democrats must engage up and down I-75 and I-95
I’ll come out and say it- I hate third ways. But in this case the debate between those in the Democratic Party who see organizing as a contest between emphasis on northern Florida versus urban areas (which increasingly means just southeast Florida and the Orlando area, excluding Tampa Bay at the same level where Democrats […]
The Democrats turnout problem in Florida is serious and could get worse
As we discussed Tuesday night on our Rabble.TV Election Coverage and on this site, Democrats cast approximately 700,000 fewer ballots in Florida this Presidential Preference Primary (PPP) than Republicans did. This is despite the fact that Florida has more registered Democrats than Republicans and minority turnout was impressive in Florida, with over half the ballots in the […]
Florida Primary: Democratic Primary Turnout appx. 700k less than GOP Primary
This in a closed primary state with more registered Democrats Quick takeaway from tonight. Democrats have a turnout problem and enthusiasm gap here in Florida. FULL STOP. We’ll have far more on this later tonight or tomorrow AM. You can listen live to Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer right now LIVE on Rabble discussing the […]
Should Rick Scott’s poll numbers renew an interest in defining environmental issues?
The Florida Chamber poll that was released yesterday created headlines because it showed Donald Trump leading in the Sunshine State by a double-digit GOP Primary margin over Florida’s sitting Republican US Senator Marco Rubio and former Governor Jeb Bush even further back. But lost in some of the hype around the poll was that according […]
LEAD Task Force report underwhelming and disappointing
It took over seven months of meetings and planning, but late last week the report from the Florida Democratic Party’s LEAD Task Force was released. The report is itself a combination of obvious conclusions and less obvious ones that are based on faulty assumptions. Quite frankly, the report and the entire work of the task […]
Why Democratic activists do not trust Florida’s Democratic Party leaders
Less than 24 hours after losing with an incumbent in one of the most visible positions in the state, Florida’s Democratic Party leadership is again taking it on the chin from armchair pundits across the state. While many FDP backers have taken to Twitter and Facebook to downplay the party’s failures and throw stones at […]
Laundry list of excuses again don’t add up after another Democratic defeat
Florida Democrats have entered their comfort zone- the season of making excuses. Democrats in Florida are incredibly proficient and adept at one important aspect of political campaigns – generating creative talking points in justifying losing campaigns. Once again in a big race a Democrat has fallen short, and once again no doubt those in and […]
Can Florida Democrats learn from Hillary Clinton?
Florida Democrats and the consultants that regularly advise them are notorious for their theories about voter behavior. Time and again we are told the party must nominate “moderate” and “centrist” candidates who speak to “swing” voters. The problem is all of these labels are mythical and theories behind them are grounded in a time when […]
The Florida Squeeze 