Hard-fought wins in north Florida last night-- Angie and AdamI get sick of repeating it so frequently, so I can imagine if you keep hearing it, you must get sick of it even more, but I'll say it again-- if the Ohio Democratic Party ceased to exist (which would be a really good thing for Ohio Democratic candidates)-- the Florida Democratic Party would be the worst in the country.
drawing by Nancy OhanianThere's much more to "Black Lives Matter" than police brutality, the tip of the ugliest aspect of American society.Just 8% of African-American voters cast ballots for Trump in 2016. That seems like an awful lot. But, hey, how many Jews who were fanatical about law-and-order, nationalism or anti-Communism voted for Hitler?
A new YouGov poll for CBS News shows that nearly half of registered voters (48%) believe Trump's policies are making the economy worse. Worse for Republicans is that most voters (57%) say Trump is doing a very bad (43%) or somewhat bad (14%) job on handling the pandemic.
FDP chair Terrie Rizzo-- Not just Florida's but America's fate could be in her handsOn February 18, just in time for the March presidential primary in Florida, the secretary of state reported that there are currently 5,103,540 registered Democrats, 4,823,917 registered Republicans and 3,619,456 No Party Affiliation voters. And yet...
Yesterday, the Cook Report's Amy Walter wrote that Florida has moved from "Toss Up" to "Leans Democrat." She doesn't really believe it; it isn't part of the Cook ideology. Florida can't be leaning Democrat-- even if their own metrics show that it is.
Lambchop by Nancy OhanianYesterday's Quinnipiac poll of Florida voters, released just as the U.S. crossed the 4.1 million case load, must have left White House heads exploding. Trump's overall job approval is way underwater-- 40% approve and 58% disapprove.
COVID-Don with COVID-RonOn Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican-dominated state legislature gave Florida 11,433 new corfimed COVID cases. Yesterday it was 10,360 more, bringing the ghastly total to 254,511 (11,850 per million Floridians). Also on Friday Governor Greg Abbott and his Republican-dominated state legislature gave Texas 10,063 new cases.
-by Igor VolskyFederal legislative change takes a long time, but a hundred Americans are dying from gun violence every single day. That’s why in 2016 I founded Guns Down America, an organization dedicated to activating influential voices outside of the legislative arena to help build safer communities with fewer guns.
-by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey WassermanFlorida has long been a vortex for stealing elections. Now a Florida-based legal case that is likely to go to the US Supreme Court could once again decide the presidency.The case centers on how our votes will be counted in an election that will be conducted largely with mailed-in paper ballots.
