Tag Archives: Florida
Flashback Friday: Florida and off-year elections…where national trends stop
National trends don’t always engulf Florida in off-year elections. Florida is again showing it can buck the trend this cycle as Charlie Crist, now a Democrat is pulling away from incumbent Republican Rick Scott in the Governor’s race despite the national mood being decidedly anti-Democrat. Assuming Crist wins, this would simply prove to be the […]
NextGen ads and Crist environmental record could help revive Democrats in SW Florida and the Treasure Coast
Democrats suffered some serious backsliding in 2012 in two important growing regions of the state – southwest Florida and the Treasure Coast (minus St Lucie County which has acted more as an appendage of southeast Florida, than like northern Palm Beach, Martin or Indian River counties in recent elections). My explanation for this is simple: […]
Florida tax system unfair, says WalletHub
Florida ranks as one of the worst states for tax fairness according to WalletHub . Among the 50 states, Florida ranked third from bottom in terms of tax fairness for the poor, fourth from bottom in the liberalism of the state/local tax system and fifth from bottom in overall tax fairness. The full report can […]
Guest Column: Campus Vote Project Working to Help Florida Students Vote
By Cici Battle/Campus Vote Project Florida Coordinator People who follow electoral politics often lament the low voter turnout for midterm compared to presidential election years. In a state like Florida, it means that fewer voters turn out to elect a governor than go to the polls to elect a president. College students, in particular, represent […]
Monday Musings: Support for Scottish Independence, 50 years since the “Daisy Ad,” Florida paces US victory in Prague, ISIS a real threat?, Dennis Baxley, Islamic Caliphate history
I have been derided in both soccer and political circles as an “anglophile,” and it is a label I have come to accept and even embrace after trying to fight it off for years. I have after all spent more time in my life in and around London then in any major American city except […]
Air Florida making a comeback? The need affordable jet service or High Speed Rail greater than ever.
I did a double take when I saw the above image on the internet yesterday. Air Florida, once the state’s “flag” carrier is attempting a comeback 30 years after going belly up. The return of Air Florida with its circa 1980 logo, if it really happens in 2015 s the above advertisement and […]
Flashback Friday: Florida and World War II
75 years ago this week, World War II began when Germany invaded Poland and the British and French declared war on the Germans. The United States would not become formally involved in the conflict until December 7, 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, but the USA was very involved in arming and financing the British […]
The Politics of Oranges
This weekend I took a trip to St. Augustine with the USF chapter of the National Political Science Honor Society. This year is the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon’s landing in Florida. Our faculty advisor, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and über Florida political analyst Dr. Susan MacManus, chose America’s oldest city as […]
The Florida Squeeze 